Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PREF'ER-A-BLY
PREF'ER-A-BLE-NESSPREF'ER-ENCE
PREF'ER-A-BLY, adv.
In preference; in such a manner as to prefer one thing to another. How comes he to choose Plautus preferably to Terence? – Dennis.
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