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English Dictionary: disadvantageously by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disadvantageously
adv
  1. in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"
    Synonym(s): badly, disadvantageously
    Antonym(s): advantageously, well
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F.
      d[82]savantageux.]
      Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or
      prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to
      {advantageous}; as, the situation of an army is
      disadvantageous for attack or defense.
  
               Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had
               been placed, he gave clear indications of future
               excellence.                                             --Prescott.
      -- {Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly}, adv. --
      {Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness}, n.
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