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mercantile +‎ -ly

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/, /-ˌtil.(l)i/

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mercantilely (comparative more mercantilely, superlative most mercantilely)

  1. 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; []

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