Definition of "profitably" []

• In a profitable manner, in a way that achieves profit or gain. (adverb)

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• "It would seem obvious, therefore, that industrial firms and utilities have a responsibility to ensure that their ability to produce goods and services profitably is not impaired by either their own ignorance of Government objectives, or by Government's misunderstanding of business objectives."
• "Well, notice that government was not trying to get a man to the moon profitably, which is more akin to the challenge here."
• "Titanic's makers used the idea profitably, only they bumped off poor boy instead."