— pecuniarily /pi kyooh'nee air"i lee/ , adv.
/pi kyooh"nee er'ee/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to money: pecuniary difficulties.
2. consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments: pecuniary tributes.
3. (of a crime, violation, etc.) involving a money penalty or fine.
[ 1495-1505; pecuniarius, deriv. of pecunia property, money ( pecun-, deriv. of pecu flock (see PECULIAR), with -un- as in tribuna TRIBUNE 1 , fortuna FORTUNE, etc. + -ia -IA); see -ARY ]
Syn. 1, 2. See financial .