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usefully

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.usefully - in a useful manner; "extra money could be usefully spent on this project"
uselessly - in a useless manner; "the furniture was sitting around uselessly"
Translations
usefully [ˈjuːsfəlɪ] ADVde manera provechosa, provechosamente
you could spend your time more usefully in the librarypodrías emplear el tiempo de manera más provechosa or más provechosamente en la biblioteca
the staff are not being usefully employedla plantilla no se está empleando de manera provechosa or provechosamente
there was nothing that could usefully be saidnada de lo que podía decirse servía de nada
usefully [ˈjuːsfʊli] advutilement
usefully
adv employed, spend timenutzbringend; you could usefully come alonges wäre von Nutzen, wenn Sie kämen; is there anything I can usefully do?kann ich mich irgendwie nützlich machen?; this book can usefully be given to first-year studentsdieses Buch ist für Erstsemester nützlich
usefully [ˈjuːsflɪ] advutilmente
usefully [ˈjuːsflɪ] advutilmente


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Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.
There is in this story abundance of delightful incidents, and all of them usefully applied.
This illustrious person had very usefully employed his studies, in finding out effectual remedies for all diseases and corruptions to which the several kinds of public administration are subject, by the vices or infirmities of those who govern, as well as by the licentiousness of those who are to obey.
 
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