payably

English

Etymology

payable +‎ -ly

Adverb

payably (comparative more payably, superlative most payably)

  1. Of a mine etc.: so as to yield profit; profitably.
    • 1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography (page 126)
      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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