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| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : geyn-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪn fəl |
Definition of gainfully
Origin :- 1540s (implied in gainfully), from gain + -ful. Phrase gainfully employed attested from 1796.
- As in in the black : adj operating at a profit
- As in profitably : adv lucratively
- Sixty-two million people are now gainfully employed, compared with 51 million seven years ago.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman » by Harry S. Truman
- Professor Channing may, we trust, name the books in each collection in the order in which they may be most gainfully read.
- Extract from : « Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association » by Various
- In Eastern cities, a large number of the blind are gainfully employed, and new avenues of usefulness are being opened to them.
- Extract from : « Five Lectures on Blindness » by Kate M. Foley
- From all over the island men came for practically every purpose for which human beings can gainfully meet.
- Extract from : « Capitals of the Northlands » by Ian C. Hannah
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