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Advantageously

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Advanta'geously. adv. [from advantageous.] Conveniently; opportunely; profitably.

It was advantageously situated, there being an easy passage from it to Ægypt, Æthiopia, Persia, and India, by sea. Arbuth.

Sources: Arbuthnot, John (227)

Attributes: Adverb (147)

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