sustainably
[suh-stey-nuh-blee]
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adverb
in a way that allows for continual use of a natural resource without depleting it or causing environmental damage: sustainably grown coffee.
in a way that can be sustained in the long term: a sustainably profitable business.
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Origin of sustainably
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for sustainably
Contemporary Examples of sustainably
Its model has the potential to sustainably improve sanitation in dense, urban areas unequipped with a proper sewage grid.
You can sustainably harvest a forest while destroying the forest ecosystem, and this same concept applies to the ocean.
When the airlines are able to be sustainably profitable, everybody wins.
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The only crash diet that truly works is one that allows you to lose real fat and lose it as fast as sustainably possible.