advantageously

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adverb

In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.

Similar
well
Opposite
disadvantageously
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Meanings

adverbadvantageously (comparative more advantageously, superlative most advantageously)

comparative more advantageously · superlative most advantageously

  1. In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.

    […] ſtill he thought no more than that being ſo young, the largeneſs of his machine (for few men could diſpute ſize with him) made all the difficulty, and that poſſibly I had not been enjoy’d by any ſo advantageouſly made in that part as himſelf; […]

    Fanny Hill

    1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 106

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
disadvantageously

adverbin a manner affording benefit or advantage

Similar
well
Opposite
disadvantageously
Also see
availablywell

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From advantageous + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan avantatjosament
  • avantatjosamentin an advantageous manner
Finnish edullisesti, hyödyllisesti
  • edullisestiin an advantageous manner
  • hyödyllisestiin an advantageous manner
French avantageusement
  • avantageusementin an advantageous manner
German zweckmäßigerweise
  • zweckmäßigerweisein an advantageous manner
Italian proficuamente, vantaggiosamente
  • proficuamentein an advantageous manner
  • vantaggiosamentein an advantageous manner
  • profittevolmentein an advantageous manner
Polish awantażownie, korzystnie
  • awantażowniein an advantageous manner
  • korzystniein an advantageous manner
Portuguese vantajosamente
  • vantajosamentein an advantageous manner
Russian вы́годно, преиму́щественно
  • вы́годно (výgodno)in an advantageous manner
  • преиму́щественно (preimúščestvenno)in an advantageous manner
Spanish ventajosamente
  • ventajosamentein an advantageous manner
Cite this entry
APA

advantageously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advantageously

MLA

“advantageously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advantageously. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “advantageously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advantageously.

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