prophylactically

adverb

pro·​phy·​lac·​ti·​cal·​ly -tə̇k(ə)lē 

-tēk-, 

-li

: with a preventive purpose : so as to prevent

the hotel seems to have been prophylactically insulated against any form of mirth

—Robert Craft

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