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fruitful

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fruit·ful  (frtfl)
adj.
1.
a. Producing fruit.
b. Conducive to productivity; causing to bear in abundance: fruitful soil.
2. Producing something in abundance; prolific: a fruitful author of fiction.
3. Producing results; profitable. See Synonyms at fertile.

fruitful·ly adv.
fruitful·ness n.

fruitful
Adjective
1. producing good and useful results: a fruitful relationship
2. bearing much fruit
fruitfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
fertile - capable of reproducing
productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"
unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production

fruitful
adjective 2. fertile, fecund, fructiferous << OPPOSITE barren
Translations
fruitful [ˈfruːtful] adjprovechoso
fruitful [ˈfruːtful] adjfructueux/euse; [plant, soil] → fécond(e)
fruitful [ˈfruːtful] fruit adjfruchtbar
fruitful [ˈfruːtful] adjfruttuoso/a; [plant] → fruttifero/a; [soil] → fertile


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Many long talks had been fruitless in external action, though fruitful for the understanding of the pair; but at last, one showery Tuesday, the Squire might have been observed upon his way to the cottage in the lane.
that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind?
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