mercantilely
English
editEtymology
editmercantile + -ly
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmercantilely (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
editin a mercantile manner or context
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References
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.