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Synonyms for gainful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : geyn-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪn fəl

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Définition of gainful

Origin :
  • 1540s (implied in gainfully), from gain + -ful. Phrase gainfully employed attested from 1796.
  • adj very productive, profitable
Example sentences :
  • One needs only to point out to them that the pursuit is gainful, and their interest is aroused.
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • What was our status in the business pursuits and gainful occupations at that time?
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • The pursuit of gainful effort is as old as the existence of man on earth.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • His gainful pursuit was that of being a commercial traveller.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Now Harald has got him east away, And each morrow of fight was a gainful day.
  • Extract from : « Poems by the Way » by William Morris
  • More and more, however, individuals made their way in gainful occupations.
  • Extract from : « Your Negro Neighbor » by Benjamin Brawley
  • The generality of white women in New York, wives of laboring men, infrequently engage in gainful occupations.
  • Extract from : « Half a Man » by Mary White Ovington
  • Said the Sea-eagle: “Abide the wearing of another hour, and come and tell me again, and then I may have a gainful word for thee.”
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Glittering Plain » by William Morris
  • The number of people in 1910 in what is called "gainful occupations" has not as yet been compiled by the Census Bureau.
  • Extract from : « The Business of Being a Woman » by Ida M. Tarbell
  • Be a judge's man; they are the bravest nowadays, or a cardinal's pander—that were a good profession, and gainful.
  • Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt

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