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🧳 Easily moved 💻 Used on systems
portably

portably

1 4.4
Allows something to be carried or moved easily from place to place
  • adverb
  • /ˈpɔrtəblɪ/
: de manera portátil
  • The lightweight laptop is designed to be used portably, making it easy to take to meetings.

Examples

  • The folding chair can be transported portably, allowing us to set up anywhere.

  • They're interchangeable and they wrap easily into a case and are can be stored very portably because the cords separate out.

  • She packed her clothes portably in a small bag for the weekend trip.

Antonyms

immovably
1 6.0

In a way that is firmly fixed and cannot change where it is

How Portable

portably
1 4.4
compactly
1 4.0
bulkily
1 5.3
immovably
1 6.0

Surface Forms

portably positive

Morphology

portably = portable (transparent) = portable + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'portable' using the productive suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Portably comes from the Latin word portare, which means 'to carry', and you can see the same root in transport, which means 'to carry across', and in porter, a person who carries. So, something used portably is easy to carry or move from place to place.