commerciallyadv.
/kəˈməːʃəli/, /kəˈməːʃl̩i/, U.S. /kəˈmərʃəli/ In a commercial manner; from a commercial point of view; as a matter of trade.
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society > trade and finance > [adverb]
mercantilely1778
commerciallya1797
society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adverb] > forming an article of general commerce
commercially1883
a1797 E. Burke Thoughts on Scarcity (1800) 43 I consider..the stopping of the distillery, œconomically, financially, commercially, medicinally, and in some degree morally too, as a measure rather well meant than well considered.
1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. viii To speak still more commercially.
1883 J. Thornton in Standard 27 Apr. 6/1 The nitric [acid] was commercially pure. There is another chemically pure, and that is the best.
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