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Webster 1913 Edition

Gainful

Gain′ful

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Adj.
Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
“A gainful speculation.”
Macaulay.
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Gain′ful-ly
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adv.
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Gain′ful-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gainful

GA'INFUL

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Adj.
Producing profit or advantage; profitable; advantageous; advancing interest or happiness.
1.
Lucrative; productive of money; adding to the wealth or estate.

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