Negatively \Neg"a*tive*ly\, adv.

1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. ``He answered negatively.'' --Boyle.

2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.

I shall show what this image of God in man is, negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist. --South.

Negatively charged or electrified (Elec.), having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)