adversely

[ad-vurs-lee]

adverb

1. in a negative, contrary, or unfavorable way or direction.

   The report details eleven risk factors that the authors believe adversely affect children's development and well-being.

Other Word Forms

• unadversely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of adversely¹

adverse ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Roughly 45% of global fund managers surveyed by Bank of America said there was an “AI bubble” that could adversely impact the economy and the markets.

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"Chronic pain needs to be managed within the context of the patients' blood pressure, especially in consideration of the use of pain medication that may adversely affect blood pressure," said Jones.

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In 2024, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” for calling attention to the “prejudice disabled people face and to the policies that adversely affect them.”

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This little interlude can change the direction of a game, and adversely impact the opposition.

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The Local Democracy Reporting Service reports that the mother told the court she was convinced of the links between vaccines and autism or ADHD, and believed ethnic minority children were adversely affected by the jabs.

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