1. in a manner that takes unfair advantage of someone or something for one's own benefit
Usage: formed from the adjective 'exploitative' with the adverbial suffix '-ly'

Examples

• The company was accused of exploitatively using child labor in its factories.
• Workers complained that they were being exploitatively paid below minimum wage.
• The landlord exploitatively raised rents on tenants who had nowhere else to go.
• He exploitatively manipulated her emotions to get what he wanted.
• The corporation exploitatively extracted natural resources from developing nations.