opportunisticallyadv.
/ˌɒpətjuːˈnɪstᵻkli/, /ˌɒpətʃuːˈnɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstək(ə)li/ In an opportunistic manner.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [adverb]
opportunistically1915
1915 Science 11 June 866/2 [Desert] lands now either cultivated opportunistically..or not at all.
1958 Times 27 Dec. 2/4 In one brief interlude Phillips nearly scored opportunistically at the other end.
1960 W. V. Quine Word & Object v. 188 We can vacillate between two, opportunistically enjoying their incompatible advantages.
1993 Classic CD June 53/3 No more than a skillful pasticheur opportunistically using the wildly heterogeneous fashionable idioms of his day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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