单词 | productively |
释义 | productivelyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adverb] productively1602 constitutively1656 creatively1713 formationally1898 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxviii. 322 Not that yll, productiuely, from Nature firstly springs. a1640 W. Fenner XXIX Choice Serm. (1657) 91 Not that Christ may be eaten with the teeth, or corporally received in the Sacrament, or as if he were there productively, or transubstantially. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 582 All things Animally; that is, Self-moveably, Actively and Productively. 2. In a way that produces or increases something, esp. wealth or resources; profitably. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adverb] > profitably well1532 gainfully1549 profitably1668 productively1770 remuneratively1838 lucratively1848 payably1878 1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. III. xlii. 349 The interest of money is nothing but a change of income. Taxes, if expended productively, are the same. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 62 The portion of liberty enjoyed in England, is just enough to enslave a country by, more productively than by despotism. a1832 J. Bentham Man. Pol. Econ. in Wks. (1843) III. 54 The capital..will be applied as productively to other undertakings. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. vi. 54 Capital is invested productively in the enclosure, drainage, and other improvements of land. 1884 N.Y. Times 9 Apr. 4/4 There is no way of employing convicts productively which will not make them an element in the manifold competition of industry. 1919 Times 14 Mar. 4/6 The function of capital is that it be applied productively and sufficiently for the general good. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 337/2 Self-control is evidently an advantageous characteristic and allows us to live productively in civilized communities. 1988 F. Weldon Leader of Band vii. 4 I had looked for a way of productively filling in the evenings. 2003 BusinessWeek 14 Apr. 75/1 The emphasis is on using aircraft, gates, and employees more productively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1602 |
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