mercantilely

From mercantile +‎ -ly.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/, /-ˌtil.(l)i/

mercantilely (comparative more mercantilely, superlative most mercantilely)

1. In a mercantile manner or context.
   • 1838, “Prospective Changes in Mechanics”, in The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal:

     We have just past the last alternation of depression, and fair winds of prosperity (mercantilely speaking) are again beginning to swell the sails of commerce — all will again be activity and hope, and the golden harvest in perspective will obliterate the pain of the losses and punishment which have lately past; […]

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Mercantilely”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.