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mercantilely

US/ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/

mercantilely adverb: in a mercantile manner or context.

Adverb

mercantilely (comparative more mercantilely, superlative most mercantilely)

  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...1838, “Prospective Changes in Mechanics”, in The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal

Forms of mercantilely

comparativemore mercantilely
superlativemost mercantilely

Origin of mercantilely

From mercantile + -ly.

Questions about mercantilely

What does mercantilely mean?
Mercantilely means in a mercantile manner or context.
What part of speech is mercantilely?
Mercantilely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce mercantilely?
Mercantilely is pronounced /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/ (US).

Words near mercantilely in the dictionary

  1. Mercalli intensity
  2. mercallite
  3. mercalls
  4. mercals
  5. mercantile
  6. mercantilely
  7. mercantilism
  8. mercantilisms
  9. mercantilist
  10. mercantilistic
  11. mercantilists

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