profitably C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈprɑfɪtəbli/ UK /ˈprɒfɪtəbli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a way that produces profit or advantage She invested her savings profitably over many years. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a way that produces... lucrativelygainfullyremunerativelyadvantageouslyfruitfully ↔ Opposites unprofitablyfruitlessly Word family Related forms profitprofitableprofitableness Etymology AI details From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress, advance') + the adverbial suffix -ly. profectus Latin proficere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # profitably **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈprɑfɪtəbli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒfɪtəbli/ ## Meanings 1. in a way that produces profit or advantage ## Examples - She invested her savings profitably over many years. ## Synonyms - lucratively - gainfully - remuneratively - advantageously - fruitfully ## Antonyms - unprofitably - fruitlessly ## Related Forms - profit - profitable - profitableness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: profectus - Root: proficere ## Etymology From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress, advance') + the adverbial suffix -ly. ## AI Etymology Profitably is from profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress, advance') + the adverbial suffix -ly. Important recorded forms include profectus (Latin) and proficere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in a way that produces profit or advantage. The wider family includes related words such as profit, profitable, and profitableness. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown