profitablement (s.xiii1)

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profitablement (s.xiii1)

[ hap]

[ FEW: *9,428a profectus; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,427b profitablement; TL: 7,1511 porfit (porfitablement); DEAF:  porfit (porfitablement); DMF:  profitablement; TLF:  profitable (profitablement); OED:  profitably adv.; MED:  profitabli adv.; DMLBS: 2490a profectualiter ]
porfitablement,  prouffitablement,  proufictablement  

adv.

1profitably, with advantage or benefit
( 1397 )  et vueille que mes executours de mes biens facent pourchaser en Londres [...] la ou plius profitablement faire ceo purront  i 227
( 1406 )  l'office de tresorer de Caleys [...] n'ad estee [...] si bien ne profitablement governez  iii 597
( 1421 )  Savoir faisons [...] que les genz d'eglise, vassaulx et autres noz subgez aians revenues [...] puissent mieulx et plus prouffitablement estre et gouverner leurs affaires soubz nous  390
usefully, fruitfully
( MS: s.xiii1 )  compendiose: (R) porfitablement  255.169
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  le riche est meuz pussaunt De ayder profitablement Ke ly povre  237
2wisely, with wisdom
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  Seignurs, nostre compainoune ad profitablement dit [...]  81.31
profit  profitable  profitance  profitement#1  profiter 
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profitablement