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profitablement (s.xiii1)
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The form prouffitablement is a cross reference to the following entry:

profitablement (s.xiii1)

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

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  Test Ebor i 227
( 1406 )  l'office de tresorer de Caleys [...] n'ad estee [...] si bien ne profitablement governez  Rot Parl1 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  Lett Rois 390
♦usefully, fruitfully: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  compendiose: (R) porfitablement  Gloss Nequam1 255.169
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  le riche est meuz pussaunt De ayder profitablement Ke ly povre  S Fran ANTS 237
2wisely, with wisdom: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  Seignurs, nostre compainoune ad profitablement dit [...]  Anon Chr1 81.31

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See also:

profit  profitable  profitance  profitement1  profiter  tresprofitablement 
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