Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disadvantageously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disadvantageous \Dis*ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [Cf. F.
d['e]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disadvantageously
adv : 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"
[syn: {badly}] [ant: {well}, {well}]
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