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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