Preferred
Preferred adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
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Synonyms for Preferred
Would rather and preferred are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Would rather" instead a verb "Preferred".
Would rather
Preferred and would rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Preferred" with "Would rather", this terms are similar.
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Preferred form sneaks in at times, as it's never clear how much (if any) mental effort it takes to keep a gadget "loaded" and Jenny would rather pretend to drink milkshakes with her neighbors.
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While the author claims these implications were just meant as gags, there are hints that his mother would have preferred a daughter; Joel's twin sister Miranda died when they were young, so it's possible he feels his mother would rather he had died.
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