mercantilely

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US/ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/US/-ˌtil.(l)i/

adverb

In a mercantile manner or context.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adverbmercantilely (comparative more mercantilely, superlative most mercantilely)

comparative more mercantilely · superlative most mercantilely

  1. 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

  1. Proto-Italic*merks
  2. Latinmerx
  3. Latinmercor
  4. Latinmercantem
  5. Italianmercante
  6. Italianmercantile
  7. Frenchmercantile
  8. Englishmercantile
  9. Englishmercantilely

From mercantile + -ly.

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Translations

Polish merkantylnie
  • merkantylniein a mercantile manner or context
Russian мерканти́льно
  • мерканти́льно (merkantílʹno)in a mercantile manner or context
Cite this entry
APA

mercantilely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercantilely

MLA

“mercantilely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercantilely. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mercantilely,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercantilely.

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