sellingly

English

Etymology

selling +‎ -ly

Adverb

sellingly (comparative more sellingly, superlative most sellingly)

1. (dated) So as to sell something; with success in sales.
   • 1920, John Baker Opdycke, The English of Commerce, page 224:

     "Earnestly yours," "Expectantly yours," "Yours for the fifteenth," "Yours sellingly," and other complimentary closings like these have been used with good results.

   • 1927, American Gas Engineering Journal, volume 125, page 374:

     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.

   • 1930, Printing Art, volume 56, page 174:

     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."