mercantilely
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mercantile + -ly
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
mercantilely (comparative more mercantilely, superlative most mercantilely)
- In a mercantile manner or context.
- 1838, “Prospective Changes in Mechanics”, in The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal:
- We have just past the last alternation of depression, and fair winds of prosperity (mercantilely speaking) are again beginning to swell the sails of commerce — all will again be activity and hope, and the golden harvest in perspective will obliterate the pain of the losses and punishment which have lately past; […]
Translations[edit]
in a mercantile manner or context
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.