payably

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adverb

Of a mine etc.: so as to yield profit; profitably.

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Meanings

adverbpayably (comparative more payably, superlative most payably)

comparative more payably · superlative most payably

  1. Of a mine etc.: so as to yield profit; profitably.

    In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]

    1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography, page 126

Origin

From payable + -ly.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “payably,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/payably.

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