profitably

C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce

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.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a way that produces... lucrativelygainfullyremunerativelyadvantageously fruitfully

Opposites

unprofitablyfruitlessly

Word family

Related forms profit profitable profitableness

Etymology

From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress, advance') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

profectus Latin proficere Latin

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Topics

Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Business & Commerce
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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