gainful, paid, paying
(adjective) yielding a fair profit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gainful (comparative more gainful, superlative most gainful)
Contrary.
Disposed to taking advantage of.
Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle.
gainful (comparative more gainful, superlative most gainful)
Providing gain; profitable.
Source: Wiktionary
Gain"ful, a.
Definition: Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation." Macaulay.
– Gain"ful*ly, adv.
– Gain"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
