GAINFULLY

gainfully

(adverb) in a gainful way; “are you gainfully employed now?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

gainfully (comparative more gainfully, superlative most gainfully)

In a gainful manner; profitably.

Source: Wiktionary


GAINFUL

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



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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