I'm translating a sentence to English, and want to use the phrase:
All material is produced sustainably.
But my spell-check doesn't like the word sustainably, so I looked it up, and have found mixed results as to whether this is the best word to use.
Dictionary.com doesn't list any adverb form of sustainable. Miriam-Webster does have an entry for sustainably.
Should I use this word, or is there a better, more accepted way to convey the same meaning?
Best Answer
The Oxford English Dictionary says "sustainably" is fine:
Pronunciation: Brit. /səˈsteɪnəbl/ , U.S. /səˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < sustain v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier sustenable adj. and French forms cited at that entry.
Derivatives
suˈstainably adv.
1843 New Mirror (N.-Y.) 5 Aug. 288/2 Yet of all these and sundry other constructions is the colonel's ‘Oh’ sustainably susceptible. 1919 Lumber 1 Sept. 14/2 The cost of production..must be..in point of automatic processes sustainably profitable. 1990 Pract. Woodworking Mar. 87/1 (advt.) Main agents for the Ecological Trading Company supplying tropical hardwoods from sustainably managed sources. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees xiv. 394 Whereas in the past foresters all too often just took what they wanted (and clear-felled vast areas of North America, for instance, often with gratuitous profligacy) the trend now is to log selectively and sustainably.