Productively

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
     for prolongation.]
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     1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
        furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
        enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the


        number or amount of products.
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     2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
        originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
        productive of heroic achievements.
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              And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
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              This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
              and making it productive of merit.    --Spectator.
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     3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
        profitable.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. --
        {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  productively
       adv : in a productive way; "they worked together productively for
             two years" [syn: {fruitfully}, {profitably}] [ant: {unproductively},
              {unproductively}, {unproductively}]