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Grammar : Adj
Spell : yoo-til, -tahyl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu tɪl, -taɪl



Definition of utile

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Old French utile (13c.), from Latin utilis, from uti (see use (v.)).
  • As in practicable : adj within the realm of possibility
  • As in practical : adj realistic, useful
  • As in serviceable : adj useful, functional
  • As in usable : adj available, working
  • As in useful : adj beneficial, valuable
  • As in utilizable : adj usable
  • As in functional : adj working
  • As in handy : adj easy to use
Example sentences :
  • Ouvrage curieux, utile et intressant; propre inspirer le got de cet art, qui est pour nous un vrai prsent des cieux;' Paris, 1806.
  • Extract from : « Musical Myths and Facts, Volume II (of 2) » by Carl Engel
  • Both in their way are extremely useful indeed, combining the utile with the dulci.
  • Extract from : « The Eve of All-Hallows, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Matthew Weld Hartstonge
  • It also discusses whether there may be a conflict between the honestum and the utile.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • In this establishment the utile et dulci are so happily blended, that the accomplished guest can find no cause of complaint.
  • Extract from : « Norman's New Orleans and Environs » by B. M. Norman
  • Assuredly not in that of substituting the utile for the dulce, in any eyes but those of almanack makers.
  • Extract from : « Mirror of the Months » by Peter George Patmore
  • Hoc autem, de quo nunc agimus, id ipsum est, quod "utile" appellatur.
  • Extract from : « De Officiis » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Utile ei videbatur plurimum posse alterius invidia; id quam iniustum in patriam et quam turpe esset, non videbat.
  • Extract from : « De Officiis » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Quod ut gratum nobis erit, sic eidem Ecclesiae utile futurum non dubitamus.
  • Extract from : « The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 » by Various
  • The utile and the dulce of the study of numismatics are shown in many ways.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various
  • It seems to me that no association could be more propitious to the union of the utile dulci.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time » by Franois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

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