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pecuniarily, adv.|pɪˈkjuːnɪərɪlɪ|
[f. next + -ly2.]
In a pecuniary manner; in respect of money; † by exaction of money (obs.).
a1614Donne βιαθανατος ii. iii. §2 (1644) 94 Salique law punishes a witch, which is convict to have eaten a man, pecuniarily, and at no high price. a1734North Lives (1826) III. 196 There was no foundation..to charge him criminally or pecuniarily, to which he had not answers incontrovertible. 1879M. Pattison Milton 9 Milton's father's circumstances were not such as to make a fellowship pecuniarily an object to his son. 1885Law Times 28 Mar. 389/2 P. and N...became pecuniarily embarrassed. |