Productively

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a productive manner.

    "Improvements may easily be imagined which would annihilate vast portions of the productively invested wealth of individuals; such (e. g.) as a mechanical invention that superseded railways in England, or a development of trade that rendered English wheatgrowing unprofitable: and economic changes of this kind, though smaller in degree, are continually occurring."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a productive way wordnet

Synonyms

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effectivelyenergeticallyforcefullyfruitfullymightilypowerfully

Example

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"Let's try and think productively."

Etymology

From productive + -ly.

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