negatively

neg·a·tive

N0050200 (nĕg′ə-tĭv)adj.1. a. Expressing, containing, or consisting of a negation, refusal, or denial: gave a negative answer to our request.b. Indicating opposition or resistance: a negative reaction to the new advertising campaign.2. Lacking positive or constructive features, especially:a. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a negative experience on his first job.b. Gloomy; pessimistic: a negative outlook.c. Unfavorable or detrimental: a negative review; a negative effect on the child's development.d. Hostile or disparaging; malicious: ran a negative campaign against her opponent.3. Medicine Not indicating the presence of a particular disease, condition, or organism.4. Philosophy Of or relating to non-being or the absence of qualities rather than being or the possession of qualities: the purely negative virtue of unselfishness.5. Logic Designating a proposition that denies agreement between a subject and its predicate.6. Mathematics a. Of or relating to a quantity less than zero.b. Of or relating to the sign (-).c. Of or relating to a quantity to be subtracted from another.d. Of or relating to a quantity, number, angle, velocity, or direction in a sense opposite to another of the same magnitude indicated or understood to be positive.7. Physics a. Of or relating to an electric charge of the same sign as that of an electron, indicated by the symbol (-).b. Of or relating to a body that has more electrons than protons.8. Chemistry Of or relating to an ion, the anion, that is attracted to a positive electrode.9. Biology Moving or turning away from a stimulus, such as light: a negative tropism.n.1. A statement or act indicating or expressing a contradiction, denial, or refusal.2. a. A statement or act that is highly critical of another or of others: campaign advertising that was based solely on negatives.b. Something that lacks all positive, affirmative, or encouraging features; an element that is the counterpoint of the positive: "Life is full of overwhelming odds. You can't really eliminate the negatives but you can diminish them" (Art Linkletter).c. A feature or characteristic that is not deemed positive, affirmative, or desirable: "As voters get to know his liberal views, his negatives will rise" (Richard M. Nixon).3. Grammar A word or part of a word, such as no, not, or non-, that indicates negation. See Usage Note at double negative.4. The side in a debate that contradicts or opposes the question being debated.5. a. An image in which the light areas of the object rendered appear dark and the dark areas appear light.b. A film, plate, or other photographic material containing such an image.6. Mathematics A negative quantity.tr.v. neg·a·tived, neg·a·tiv·ing, neg·a·tives 1. To refuse to approve; veto.2. To deny; contradict.3. To demonstrate to be false; disprove.4. To counteract or neutralize.

[Middle English, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus, from negātus, past participle of negāre, to deny; see negate.]

neg′a·tive·ly adv.neg′a·tive·ness, neg′a·tiv′i·ty (-tĭv′ĭ-tē) n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	negatively - in a harmful manner; "he was negatively affected"
	2.	negatively - in a negative way; "he was negatively inclined"

Translations

否定地消极地负极地

negative

(ˈnegətiv) adjective1. meaning or saying `no'; denying something. a negative answer.否定的2. expecting to fail. a negative attitude.消极的3. less than zero. –4 is a negative or minus number.负数的4. having more electrons than normal. The battery has a negative and a positive terminal. （电）负的 noun1. a word etc by which something is denied. `No' and `never' are negatives.否定词2. the photographic film, from which prints are made, on which light and dark are reversed. I gave away the print, but I still have the negative. （照相）底片，负片 ˈnegatively adverb 否定地，消极地，负极地