sustainably

[ suh-stey-nuh-blee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

First recorded in 1840–45; sustainable ( def ) + -ly ( def )

In fact, it takes more than $48,000 a year just to live sustainably in the cheapest parts of the United States.

They have been fighting back, putting pressure on conglomerates like Cargill to harvest oil palms sustainably.

Its model has the potential to sustainably improve sanitation in dense, urban areas unequipped with a proper sewage grid.

Eventually, they say, streets could be lit sustainably with glowing trees.

You can sustainably harvest a forest while destroying the forest ecosystem, and this same concept applies to the ocean.

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