prejuˈdicially, adv.
(prɛdʒ-)
[f. prejudicial a.1 + -ly2.]
In a prejudicial manner; to the prejudice of some one; injuriously, detrimentally, hurtfully; † with prejudice or prepossession (quot. 1589).
| 1467–8 Rolls of Parlt. V. 598/1 That neither this Acte, nor any other Acte..extend prejudicially, nor be prejudiciall or hurtyng unto Richard Langport. 1589 Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 39 My natiue home is my worst nurserie, and my friends denie that which strangers preiudiciallie grant. 1658 Sir H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 201 Those Divine contemplations, which my late converse..had so prejudicially estranged from me. 1859 Mill Liberty iv. (1865) 44/1 As soon as any part of a person's conduct affects prejudicially the interests of others, society has jurisdiction over it. |