valuably, adv.
(ˈvæljuːəblɪ)
[f. as prec.]
† 1. a. With equivalence of value. Obs.—1
| 1629 Gaule Holy Madn. 137 A great Patrimony may be valuably transubstantiated into the quantity of a little stone. |
† b. At a high rate or value. Obs.
| 1755 Johnson, Preciously, valuably; to a great price. |
2. With valuable or precious articles.
| 1780 Gentl. Mag. L. 617 Danford gained intelligence at an inn in the country of a box valuably filled. 1805 Naval Chron. XIII. 83 She is valuably laden. |
3. In a valuable manner; so as to be valuable or highly useful.
| 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. 1895 Review of Rev. Aug. 167 If he had lived only to write that, he would have lived valuably. 1896 Pop. Sci. Monthly L. 285 Which perplex and exhaust the pupil without contributing valuably to his mental discipline. |