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[syn: productively, fruitfully, profitably]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
for prolongation.]
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1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
number or amount of products.
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2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
productive of heroic achievements.
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And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
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This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
and making it productive of merit. --Spectator.
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3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
profitable.
[1913 Webster] -- Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv. --
Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
productively
adv 1: in a productive way; "they worked together productively
for two years" [syn: productively, fruitfully,
profitably] [ant: fruitlessly, unproductively,
unprofitably]