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use·ful  (ysfl)
adj.
1. Having a beneficial use; serviceable: a useful kitchen gadget.
2. Being of practical use: a useful job; useful members of society.

useful·ly adv.
useful·ness n.

useful
Adjective
1. able to be used advantageously or for several purposes
2. Informal commendable or capable: a useful hurdler
usefully adv
usefulness n
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Adj.1.usefuluseful - being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
effective, effectual, efficacious - producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
expedient - serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"
helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function
profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"
serviceable - ready for service or able to give long service; "serviceable equipment"; "heavy serviceable fabrics"
useless - having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
2.usefuluseful - having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
functional - designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture"

useful
Translations
Spanish useful [ˈjuːsful] adjútil;
to come in useful → ser útil

French useful [ˈjuːsful] use adjutile;
to come in useful → être utile

German useful [ˈjuːsful] use adjnützlich;
to come in useful use → sich als nützlich erweisen

Italian useful [ˈjuːsful] adjutile;
to come in useful → fare comodo, tornare utile

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But is the just man or the skilful player a more useful and better partner at a game of draughts?
This appears in works both of the useful and the fine arts, if we employ the popular distinction of works according to their aim either at use or beauty.
Some variations useful to him have probably arisen suddenly, or by one step; many botanists, for instance, believe that the fuller's teazle, with its hooks, which cannot be rivalled by any mechanical contrivance, is only a variety of the wild Dipsacus; and this amount of change may have suddenly arisen in a seedling.
 
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