different between profitably vs lucrative

English

Etymology

profitable +? -ly

Adverb

profitably (comparative more profitably, superlative most profitably)

1. In a profitable manner, in a way that achieves profit or gain.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“I gain”), from lucrum (“gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar.

Adjective

lucrative (comparative more lucrative, superlative most lucrative)

1. Producing a surplus; profitable.
2. (military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.
   • 2001, Eric R. Taylor, Lethal Mists (page 196)

     Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.

   • 1999, Anthony H. Cordesman, Iran's Military Forces in Transition (page 208)

     Its troops can be widely dispersed as light infantry, using light anti-ship, anti-air and anti-land missiles and weapons to defenda given area or facility without presenting lucrative targets for air, missile, and artillery fire.

Usage notes

• Said of profession, occupation, position, office, business, deal, etc.

Antonyms

• nonlucrative

Derived terms

• lucratively
• lucrativeness
• unlucrative

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• lucrative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lucrative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• revictual, victualer

French

Adjective

lucrative

1. feminine singular of lucratif

Italian

Adjective

lucrative

1. feminine plural of lucrativo

Anagrams

• reclutavi