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profitably, adv.|ˈprɒfɪtəblɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a profitable manner.
1. With advantage or benefit; advantageously, beneficially.
1382Wyclif Tobit vi. 5 These thingus forsothe ben profitabli necessarie to medicynes. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. ii. ii. b j b/2 Angels haue this vertue of werkynge myghtly swyftly and prouffitably wythout cessyng. 1538Elyot Dict., Vtiliter, profytably. 1651Hobbes Leviath. Rev. & Concl. 395, I think it may be profitably printed, and more profitably taught in the Universities. 1712Addison Spect. No. 317 ⁋48 Our Hours may very often be more profitably laid out. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 670 The flannel garments may profitably be lined with thin washing silk.
2. With pecuniary profit; lucratively.
1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornw., etc. x. 287 Localities where the tin or copper can be profitably raised. 1883Gilmour Mongols xxxi. 363 A customer with whom a Chinaman can trade profitably. |