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sellingly en · ADV

Etymology

From selling + -ly.

Meanings

1. (dated) So as to sell something; with success in sales.
   • Windows which display appliances attractively and "sellingly" pay for themselves immediately ; and the best part of their use is that they keep on paying for themselves by earning increased revenue. 1927, American Gas Engineering Journal, volume 125, page 374:
   • Perhaps a quotation of the opening page will further emphasize our point that the drabbest subject can be handled dramatically, vividly and sellingly, when care is given to the right "keying." 1930, Printing Art, volume 56, page 174:
   • "Earnestly yours," "Expectantly yours," "Yours for the fifteenth," "Yours sellingly," and other complimentary closings like these have been used with good results. 1920, John Baker Opdycke, The English of Commerce, page 224:

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