prejudiciallyadv.
/ˌprɛdʒᵿˈdɪʃl̩i/, /ˌprɛdʒᵿˈdɪʃəli/, U.S. /ˌprɛdʒuˈdɪʃəli/ In a prejudicial manner; with prejudice or bias; harmfully, detrimentally.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
prejudicially1467
ill1483
mischievously1512
pestilently1528
badly1580
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
prejudiciously1614
evilly1631
damageably1648
deleteriously1657
disserviceablya1670
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
detrimentally1879
damnously1884
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adverb] > prejudicially
prejudicially1467
prejudiciously1614
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adverb]
sinistrously1562
prejudicately1588
prejudicially1589
asquint1607
prejudicedly1812
1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 598/1 Provided alweis that neither this Acte, nor any other Acte..extend prejudicially nor be prejudiciall or hurtyng unto Richard Langport.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D2v My natiue home is my worst nurserie, & my friends denie that which strangers preiudiciallie grant.
1658 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 201 Those Divine contemplations, which my late converse..had so prejudicially estranged from me.
1661 Princess Cloria ii. 206 I must confess something deters my resolution, from any dissimulation at all in love, though no way prejudicially to his right or my own honour.
1701 T. Baker Humour of Age i. i. 2 Modern Wit has not that Force, Illiterature makes it Discord, and want of Judgment improperly and prejudicially apply'd.
1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iv. 135 As soon as any part of a person's conduct affects prejudicially the interests of others, society has jurisdiction over it.
1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius xi. 159 This mental strain affected prejudicially her very delicate bodily condition.
1935 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 29 184 It is important to guard carefully the scope of the Council's procedure lest the position of states in the eyes of international law be prejudicially affected.
1971 J. H. Gray Red Lights on Prairies vi. 143 The existence of a colony of sporting women at Nose Creek was prejudicially affecting the morals and welfare of the Community.
2000 Organization Sci. 11 494/2 Social closure activities differ from prejudicial behavior, however, because they require two or more people to collude against the out-group, whereas a single individual can act prejudicially.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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