preferably
preferably
adverbDefinition of PREFERABLY
by choice or preference <I like football, but preferably watching from the stands rather than being down on the field>
Related Words alternately, alternatively, either, instead; electively, optionally; desirably, gladly, wishfully; obligingly, voluntarily
Antonyms involuntarily, unwillingly
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