valuablyadv.
/ˈvaljᵿbli/, /ˈvaljʊəbli/, U.S. /ˈvælj(əw)əbli/ a. At the equivalent value; (also) with regard to value. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adverb] > equivalently
to the (this) same1399
equivalentlya1529
valuably1627
tantamountingly1655
equipollentlya1677
convertibly1710
coextensively1843
1627 in R. Brown Hist. Paisley (1886) I. 47 The first gift had been valuably given to a donatar's own behoof.
1629 J. Gaule Distractions 137 A great Patrimony may be valuably transubstantiated into the quantity of a little stone.
1650 Case Auncient Tenants Late Deane & Chapters Durham (single sheet) In their respective purchases, an abatement or reprize should be made valuably, proportionable to their way of holding.
1663 in E. Waterhouse Comm. Fortescue De Laudibus Legum xxiii. 320 Contracts are..those Accords and Agreements of men upon which Actions for non-performance of them valuably arise.
b. At a high rate or value. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adverb] > at a high value
valuably1675
1675 J. Smith Horol. Dialogues i. v. 27 He that is honest and faithful in his dealing will certainly inform you of the difference if he finds you thus resolved valuably to purchase the best.
1763 A. Grey Deb. House of Commons, 1667–1694 IX. 127 I was of that Jury, when 80,000 l. a year was bought valuably, and the Officers of the Exchequer robbed them of it.
1845 Wesleyan Methodist Assoc. Mag. Aug. 358 Would not such assistance be most valuably prized by the teachers?
1862 N.Y. Times 1 Sept. 2/3 A gold watch would be as serviceable to him, and, therefore, as valuably prized by him.
2. In a valuable manner; so as to be valuable or highly useful.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adverb]
dearlyOE
aughtlyOE
valuablya1676
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adverb] > very
valuablya1676
a1676 M. Hale Disc. Knowl. God (1688) 495 Thy affliction is well recompensed by giving thee an opportunity to discover that to thy self, which contents thy Conscience more valuably than thy affliction hath done.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlix. 302 She..takes Pains, by aping Youth, to make herself unworthy of her Years, and even less valuably discreet than she would be thought.
1764 M. C. Each Sex in their Humour I. i. 92 An humble rush, converted into a tallow taper by the ingenuity of his faithful and valuably penurious housekeeper.
1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 177/2 Mr. Palgrave's sombre picture must be treated as..valuably qualifying, not as superseding, such standard representations as that by Layard.
1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 285/1 Which perplex and exhaust the pupil without contributing valuably to his mental discipline.
1913 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. 270/1 In the beginning I spoke of living successfully, happily and valuably.
1960 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 25 145/1 Few..seek to do what was done so valuably a generation ago by such men as Hobhouse and Wallas.
1999 G. Pullman in T. Kent Post-process Theory ii. 20 These teachers saw themselves as specialists whose research could be valuably disseminated at any level.
3. With valuable or precious articles. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adverb] > with valuable articles
valuably1734
1734 Particular Descr. Dantzick 16 Most of the Houses have Rooms laid with black and white Marble, Diversity of Paintings, and valuably furnished.
1780 Gentleman's Mag. 50 617 Danford gained intelligence at an inn in the country of a box valuably filled.
1805 Naval Chron. 13 83 She is valuably laden.
1899 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 20 264/2 The latter was a smaller edifice, a tiny castle, still more valuably furnished.
1910 A. W. H. Eaton Hist. Kings County, Nova Scotia xiii. 218 All the ungardened gentlemen kept watch for the passage of this valuably laden train.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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