Mercantilely
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a mercantile manner or context.
"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; […]"
Example
More examples"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; […]"
Etymology
From mercantile + -ly.
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