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sustainably
Variant of sustainable
adjective
- capable of being sustained
- 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
- governed or maintained by, or produced as a result of, such practices: sustainable growth
Related Forms:
- sustainability noun
- sustainably adverb
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