"preferably" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Anglais]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-preferably.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preferably.wav
  1. Plutôt, de préférence, préférablement.
    Sense id: fr-preferably-en-adv-aEb8Ktb7
  2. Mieux, le mieux, volontiers.
    Sense id: fr-preferably-en-adv-NgmK~YCE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Mieux): ideally Synonyms (Plutôt): by choice, in preference, rather Synonyms (archaïque): liefer
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      "sense": "Plutôt",
      "word": "rather"
    },
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      "word": "ideally"
    },
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      "word": "rather"
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