I have searched an adverb of "priority, prioritize", but have not found it yet. Instead, I have found the word "preferentially", which is an adverb of "preference, prefer".
As far as I consulted my dictionaries, "priority, prioritize" and "preference, prefer" differ in meaning a little. Can "preferentially" be used as an adverb of the word "priority, prioritize"? For example, does the following sentence I created make sense?
Music data is given priority over text data so that the system
preferentially stores music data when available storage capacity is
not enough.
Best Answer
Yes, that's a nicely written sentence. It's both prettier and more concise to use preferentially here; the equivalent with prioritize would be this:
That's ugly, too, since the use of both priority and prioritizes sounds redundant.
I would, however, substitute insufficient for not enough, or do something like not enough to handle all incoming data. Not enough on its own is a bit stylistically inconsistent IMO.