1.
[syn: productively, fruitfully, profitably]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]
Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;
useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable
trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
[1913 Webster]
What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to
the
emperor. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster] -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. --
Prof"it*a*bly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
profitably
adv 1: in a productive way; "they worked together productively
for two years" [syn: productively, fruitfully,
profitably] [ant: fruitlessly, unproductively,
unprofitably]