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PRODUCTIVELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does productively mean?
• PRODUCTIVELY (adverb)
The adverb PRODUCTIVELY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PRODUCTIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a productive way
Synonyms:
fruitfully; productively; profitably
Context example:
they worked together productively for two years
Antonym:
unproductively (in an unproductive manner)
Pertainym:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Context examples
Canarypox vectors retain the pancytotropism of most poxviruses, but is unable to productively replicate in non-avian species, thus eliminating the safety concerns exist with other vectors.
(Canarypox Vector, NCI Thesaurus)
They fertilise in the gut and develop into another parasite form that can then productively infect that mosquito.
(New way to stop falciparum malaria transmission, SciDev.Net)
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