payably

adv

Etymology

From payable + -ly.

  1. derived from pācō
  2. derived from pācāre
  3. derived from paiier
  4. inherited from payen
  5. suffixed as payable — “pay + able
  6. formed as payably — “payable + -ly

Definitions

  1. Of a mine etc.

    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 […]

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