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English
Etymology
From mercantile + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/, /-ˌtil.(l)i/
Adverb
mercantilely (comparative more mercantilely, superlative most mercantilely)
- In a mercantile manner or context.
1838, “Prospective Changes in Mechanics”, in The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal: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 lately past; […]
Translations
in a mercantile manner or context
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