livably

English

Alternative forms

• liveably

Etymology

livable +‎ -ly

Adverb

livably (comparative more livably, superlative most livably)

1. (uncommon) In a manner that is conducive to living.

   Antonym: unlivably

   • 2011, Stephen J. Collier, Post-Soviet Social: Neoliberalism, Social Modernity, Biopolitics, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     Radiators were tepid, but in most cases they kept apartments livably warm as hot water continued to flow […]

   • 2017, Taylor Caldwell, Jess Stearn, The Romance of Atlantis: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

     It was livably cold in the north, with a pleasant summer, warm and temperate in the central portions, and hot and languorous in the south. In the south, in the First Province, was Lamora, the capital, with seven million inhabitants.

   • 2021, Radha R. Sharma, Handbook of Sustainable Development: Strategies for Organizational Sustainability, Business Expert Press, →ISBN:

     […] livable wages that are both in line with industry averages and provide enough for workers to meet their basic [needs] […] Workers who are paid fairly and “livably” are empowered to enter into their other commercial exchanges fairly and […]