Meanings
comparative more mercantilely · superlative most mercantilely
- In a mercantile manner or context.
1 more example
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; […]
1838, “Prospective Changes in Mechanics”, in The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal
Origin
- Proto-Italic*merks
- Latinmerx
- Latinmercor
- Latinmercantem
- Italianmercante
- Italianmercantile
- Frenchmercantile
- Englishmercantile
- Englishmercantilely
From mercantile + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish merkantylnie
- merkantylniein a mercantile manner or context
Russian мерканти́льно
- мерканти́льно (merkantílʹno)in a mercantile manner or context
Cite this entry
mercantilely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercantilely
“mercantilely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercantilely. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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