Self-sufficiently
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a self-sufficient manner.
"For if what is decided now does not evolve a railway able to compete self-sufficiently in the transport world of the late 1960s, then we may as well resign ourselves to the lingering death of B.R., protracted only to the extent that it can maintain its services on a make-do-and-mend basis."
Example
More examples"For if what is decided now does not evolve a railway able to compete self-sufficiently in the transport world of the late 1960s, then we may as well resign ourselves to the lingering death of B.R., protracted only to the extent that it can maintain its services on a make-do-and-mend basis."
Etymology
From self-sufficient + -ly.
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