- Gainfulness
- Gainful Gain"ful, a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. ``A gainful speculation.'' --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Gain"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Gainfulness
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gainfulness — gainful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ serving to increase wealth or resources. DERIVATIVES gainfully adverb gainfulness noun … English terms dictionary
gainfulness — noun see gainful … New Collegiate Dictionary
gainfulness — See gainfully. * * * … Universalium
gainfulness — n. profitability … English contemporary dictionary
gainfulness — gain·ful·ness … English syllables
gainfulness — noun the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit • Syn: ↑profitableness, ↑profitability, ↑lucrativeness • Ant: ↑unprofitability (for: ↑profitability), ↑unprofitableness … Useful english dictionary
gainful — adjective Date: 1553 productive of gain ; profitable < gainful employment > • gainfully adverb • gainfulness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
gainful — gainfully, adv. gainfulness, n. /gayn feuhl/, adj. profitable; lucrative: gainful employment. [1545 55; GAIN1 + FUL] * * * … Universalium
gainful — adjective serving to increase wealth or resources. Derivatives gainfully adverb gainfulness noun … English new terms dictionary
profitableness — n. Gainfulness, usefulness, advantageousness … New dictionary of synonyms
