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payably

payably adverb: of a mine etc.: so as to yield profit; profitably.

Adverb

payably (comparative more payably, superlative most payably)

  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 […]1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography, page 126

Forms of payably

comparativemore payably
superlativemost payably

Origin of payably

From payable + -ly.

Questions about payably

What does payably mean?
Payably means of a mine etc.: so as to yield profit; profitably.
What part of speech is payably?
Payably is an adverb.

Words near payably in the dictionary

  1. paya
  2. payability
  3. payable
  4. payableness
  5. payables
  6. payably
  7. payada
  8. payadas
  9. payador
  10. payadores
  11. payadors

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