Used in a Sentence

adversely

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for adversely.

Editorial note

How many non-tech people's lives are going to be adversely — and far more adversely than the tech people, at that — impacted by a hypothetical tech bubble popping?

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Quick take

In an adverse manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of adversely gathered in one view.

adverb

In an adverse manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for adversely.

adverb

In an adverse manner.

Example sentences

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How many non-tech people's lives are going to be adversely — and far more adversely than the tech people, at that — impacted by a hypothetical tech bubble popping?

2

I think the problem still remains; a free market does not necessarily mean it is an optimum market, and the government is not the only factor that can adversely affect a marketplace.

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Backward-compatible changes are ones that are safe to add to the media type design without adversely affecting future implementations.

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Forward-compatible design changes are ones that are safe to add to the media type without adversely affecting previously existing implementations.

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Very high values are not advisable, as too large binaries may adversely affect runtime performance.

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Eating is a complex process and very important part of our lives which can be adversely affected by any type of limitations.

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This way if one gets a bad reputation it can't adversely affect the others.

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Seems a poor reason when the foot pedal could boost your productivity and/or prevent injury without adversely affecting your coffee shop neighbors.

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Less experienced programmers are definitely over represented in engineers adversely affected by stress.

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What's nice about Schengen is that at least those who are too-adversely affected can (relatively) easily move to another country with more opportunities.

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Sequoia gets the best deals, and crowd-funders get adversely selected into crappier deals.

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No surprise that using LSD adversely affects cognitive performance, though the strength and linearity of the effect were perhaps more relentless than expected.

Quote examples

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In his recent (highly recommended) talk[1], Aral Balkan suggested a very interesting model, because there is another product that is well-known to adversely impact the people "near" the user as a secondary effect: tobacco.

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The corrected version ended up not being used because it could have adversely affected performance, and it was noticed that the "incorrect" algorithm with a slightly larger internal array would still always produce correct results for the input sizes currently supported in Java.

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"The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction or parole standards and sentencing practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by criminal laws." Does this not scream "conflict of interest not in the interest of the greater good" to you?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use adversely in a sentence?

How many non-tech people's lives are going to be adversely — and far more adversely than the tech people, at that — impacted by a hypothetical tech bubble popping?

What does adversely mean?

In an adverse manner.

What part of speech is adversely?

adversely is commonly used as adverb.