negativelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈnɛɡətᵻvli/, U.S.

/ˈnɛɡədɪvli/

Forms: late Middle English negatijfli, late Middle English negatyfly, 1500s–1600s negatiuely, 1500s– negatively.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: negative adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < negative adj. + -ly suffix².

a. By way of negation or denial; in the negative; on the negative side.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb]

negatively?a1425

negative1642

in the negative1648

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 99 Þe lettyr is intricate And perauenture yuel founden in exemplerez of grece, for þat lesyng..is take wiþinforþ negatyfly [L. illud solueretur..est negatiue] or deniyngly.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 179 In euery creature..is a power to move oure vndirstondyng forto deme..affirmativli or negatijfli, As in a stoon..to iuge and deme..þat þilk stoon is not a tre.

c1559 R. Hall Life Fisher (1921) 63 Being againe negatively answered by the counsell of the queenes side, all seemed to rest vpon proof.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 17 The mathematicall artes..for the most part vse to conclude affirmatiuely, & not negatiuely.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 46 Now to the question. I answer negatiuely.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland vi. 15 Negatively we may pass sentence and conclude they were not Swedes.

1701 G. Keith Answer to 17 Queries Q. Meeting Quakers at Oxf. 3 Those seventeen Queries ye sent me being only Queries, contain little or nothing Affirmatively or Negatively, by way of position.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. Ded. p. xi Negatively, at least, I may be allowed to say [etc.].

1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 420 He has told you here indeed negatively, that he did not know [etc.].

1812 Ld. Ellenborough in Examiner 28 Dec. 832/2 The annuity did not appear, negatively, in the Prince's household accounts.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. iv. 84 I can confirm this statement negatively, for I have seen no trace of personal servitude in the numerous accounts.

1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan xii. 194 When he asked if she expected to meet her husband at the end of the trip, she shook her head negatively.

1954 New Yorker 4 Dec. 99/1 Negatively, it can be said that the unknowns are certainly not Cubists and not tachistes, and not Mondrianesque or Braqueish either.

1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 924/1 Men who did not usually drink and who responded negatively to the four questions on problem drinking.

b. In a manner indicating refusal; in an adverse, unfavourable, or hostile manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adverb]

nasec1350

refusingly1477

negatively1804

rejectingly1832

inadmissibly1847

not in these trousers1910

1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title II. 166 Telling her she looked so negatively at that period, that he would not then attend to her decision.

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. ix. 152 Mr. Austin proposed to Cecilia that they should spend Easter week in Rome. Her face lighted and clouded. ‘I should like it,’ she said negatively.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent xii. 418 She shook her head negatively.

1980 J. A. Hostetler Amish Society (ed. 3) vii. 161 Amish children, like all children, manifest resentment by pouting, or by responding negatively. But when these manifestations are overt, ‘smackings’ are sure to follow.

1999 Isis 90 567 Leading Soviet astro-physicists who adhered to dialectical materialism reacted negatively along philosophical lines to religious inferences in Western cosmogonical ideas well into the 1970s.

†2. With the impossibility of being anything other than that which is stated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adverb]

ever ylikeOE

stillc1297

unchangeablya1340

in likea1425

unchangingly1435

immutably1601

irrevocably1608

negatively1622

inalterably1631

irreversibly1635

unalterably1643

invariably1646

intransibly1654

influxibly1677

uniformly1682

eternally1694

unvariably1766

unvaryingly1814

changelessly1825

homœostatically1959

terminally1974

1622 R. Harris Gods Goodnes 17 Preserving or conserving Mercy in the first sense is Negatiuely endlesse, that is, vncapable of end.

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade Ded. sig. A2^v A man negatively blind, cannot be made to perceive things which are only visible.

3. With negative electrical charge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adverb] > friction

negatively1747

positively1747

resinously1794

vitreously1794

tribo-electrically1967

1747 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 15 Hence have arisen some new terms among us: we say, B..is electrised positively; A, negatively.

1787 T. Cavallo in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 14 This plate A being now electrified negatively.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 412/1 When mercury is negatively electrified in a solution of ammonia.

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 133 The phial..would..be charged negatively.

1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 48 A negatively electrified particle.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 2/1 The heavier the rainfall the greater the preponderance of the positively charged over the negatively charged rain.

1924 Sci. Monthly 18 650 As the negatively charged grid cuts off the current of the three-element tube, so an external magnetic field will also do it in the two-element tube.

1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xvii. 432 It appears that the sodium is positively charged, and the chlorine negatively.

1991 Newsweek 31 July 18/1 (advt.) A sophisticated electronic device that uses nature's way of cleaning air—emitting trillions of negatively charged ions that act like magnets, attracting microscopic particles of dust, smoke and pollen.

4. In a negative manner or direction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction

contrariwise1589

oppositelyc1593

averse1607

opposite1609

contrary1616

reversedly1649

aversely1651

reverse ways1762

contrariways1766

negatively1789

west1793

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > negatively

privativelyc1475

in the negative1635

negatively1789

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in negative direction

negatively1876

1789 E. Waring in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 175 The preceding co-efficients..are to be taken negatively or affirmatively, as s is an even or an odd number.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt ii. 37 The visibility of mountains which are only negatively perceived.

1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 95 The opium-taker is only negatively mischievous to society.

1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 41 The n poles will all be ‘negatively rotated’, or moved to the right.

1914 S. O. Mast in Biol. Zentralblatt 34 662 In place of positively or negatively phototropic, geotropic, etc., we might use photo-, geo-, negative or positive, etc.

1969 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 14 639/2 The instrument is slightly negatively buoyant in seawater.

1991 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2857/1 Regulation of cell proliferation is a complex process that involves both positively and negatively acting signals.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes v. 63/2 The increase in ambient pressure will decrease the volume of the gas bladder, making the fish negatively buoyant (i.e., the fish sinks).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	negatively
释义	negativelyadv. Brit. /ˈnɛɡətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈnɛɡədɪvli/ Forms: late Middle English negatijfli, late Middle English negatyfly, 1500s–1600s negatiuely, 1500s– negatively. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: negative adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < negative adj. + -ly suffix². 1. a. By way of negation or denial; in the negative; on the negative side. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb] negatively?a1425 negative1642 in the negative1648 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 99 Þe lettyr is intricate And perauenture yuel founden in exemplerez of grece, for þat lesyng..is take wiþinforþ negatyfly [L. illud solueretur..est negatiue] or deniyngly. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 179 In euery creature..is a power to move oure vndirstondyng forto deme..affirmativli or negatijfli, As in a stoon..to iuge and deme..þat þilk stoon is not a tre. c1559 R. Hall Life Fisher (1921) 63 Being againe negatively answered by the counsell of the queenes side, all seemed to rest vpon proof. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 17 The mathematicall artes..for the most part vse to conclude affirmatiuely, & not negatiuely. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 46 Now to the question. I answer negatiuely. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland vi. 15 Negatively we may pass sentence and conclude they were not Swedes. 1701 G. Keith Answer to 17 Queries Q. Meeting Quakers at Oxf. 3 Those seventeen Queries ye sent me being only Queries, contain little or nothing Affirmatively or Negatively, by way of position. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. Ded. p. xi Negatively, at least, I may be allowed to say [etc.]. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 420 He has told you here indeed negatively, that he did not know [etc.]. 1812 Ld. Ellenborough in Examiner 28 Dec. 832/2 The annuity did not appear, negatively, in the Prince's household accounts. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. iv. 84 I can confirm this statement negatively, for I have seen no trace of personal servitude in the numerous accounts. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan xii. 194 When he asked if she expected to meet her husband at the end of the trip, she shook her head negatively. 1954 New Yorker 4 Dec. 99/1 Negatively, it can be said that the unknowns are certainly not Cubists and not tachistes, and not Mondrianesque or Braqueish either. 1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 924/1 Men who did not usually drink and who responded negatively to the four questions on problem drinking. b. In a manner indicating refusal; in an adverse, unfavourable, or hostile manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adverb] nasec1350 refusingly1477 negatively1804 rejectingly1832 inadmissibly1847 not in these trousers1910 1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title II. 166 Telling her she looked so negatively at that period, that he would not then attend to her decision. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. ix. 152 Mr. Austin proposed to Cecilia that they should spend Easter week in Rome. Her face lighted and clouded. ‘I should like it,’ she said negatively. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent xii. 418 She shook her head negatively. 1980 J. A. Hostetler Amish Society (ed. 3) vii. 161 Amish children, like all children, manifest resentment by pouting, or by responding negatively. But when these manifestations are overt, ‘smackings’ are sure to follow. 1999 Isis 90 567 Leading Soviet astro-physicists who adhered to dialectical materialism reacted negatively along philosophical lines to religious inferences in Western cosmogonical ideas well into the 1970s. †2. With the impossibility of being anything other than that which is stated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adverb] ever ylikeOE stillc1297 unchangeablya1340 in likea1425 unchangingly1435 immutably1601 irrevocably1608 negatively1622 inalterably1631 irreversibly1635 unalterably1643 invariably1646 intransibly1654 influxibly1677 uniformly1682 eternally1694 unvariably1766 unvaryingly1814 changelessly1825 homœostatically1959 terminally1974 1622 R. Harris Gods Goodnes 17 Preserving or conserving Mercy in the first sense is Negatiuely endlesse, that is, vncapable of end. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade Ded. sig. A2^v A man negatively blind, cannot be made to perceive things which are only visible. 3. With negative electrical charge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adverb] > friction negatively1747 positively1747 resinously1794 vitreously1794 tribo-electrically1967 1747 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 15 Hence have arisen some new terms among us: we say, B..is electrised positively; A, negatively. 1787 T. Cavallo in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 14 This plate A being now electrified negatively. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 412/1 When mercury is negatively electrified in a solution of ammonia. 1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 133 The phial..would..be charged negatively. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 48 A negatively electrified particle. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 2/1 The heavier the rainfall the greater the preponderance of the positively charged over the negatively charged rain. 1924 Sci. Monthly 18 650 As the negatively charged grid cuts off the current of the three-element tube, so an external magnetic field will also do it in the two-element tube. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xvii. 432 It appears that the sodium is positively charged, and the chlorine negatively. 1991 Newsweek 31 July 18/1 (advt.) A sophisticated electronic device that uses nature's way of cleaning air—emitting trillions of negatively charged ions that act like magnets, attracting microscopic particles of dust, smoke and pollen. 4. In a negative manner or direction. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction contrariwise1589 oppositelyc1593 averse1607 opposite1609 contrary1616 reversedly1649 aversely1651 reverse ways1762 contrariways1766 negatively1789 west1793 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > negatively privativelyc1475 in the negative1635 negatively1789 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in negative direction negatively1876 1789 E. Waring in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 175 The preceding co-efficients..are to be taken negatively or affirmatively, as s is an even or an odd number. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt ii. 37 The visibility of mountains which are only negatively perceived. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 95 The opium-taker is only negatively mischievous to society. 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 41 The n poles will all be ‘negatively rotated’, or moved to the right. 1914 S. O. Mast in Biol. Zentralblatt 34 662 In place of positively or negatively phototropic, geotropic, etc., we might use photo-, geo-, negative or positive, etc. 1969 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 14 639/2 The instrument is slightly negatively buoyant in seawater. 1991 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2857/1 Regulation of cell proliferation is a complex process that involves both positively and negatively acting signals. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes v. 63/2 The increase in ambient pressure will decrease the volume of the gas bladder, making the fish negatively buoyant (i.e., the fish sinks). 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