Payably
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Of a mine etc.: so as to yield profit; profitably.
"In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]"
Example
More examples"In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]"
Etymology
From payable + -ly.
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