sustainably

Variant of sustainable

sustainable definition

sus·tain·able (sə stān′ə bəl)

adjective

  1. capable of being sustained
    1. designating, of, or characterized by a practice that sustains a given condition, as economic growth or a human population, without destroying or depleting natural resources, polluting the environment, etc. sustainable agriculture
    2. governed or maintained by, or produced as a result of, such practices sustainable growth

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