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gainfully

/ˈɡeɪnfəɫi/ adv

In a gainful manner; profitably.

Word Origin Gain comes from Old French gaaignier 'to earn, win,' from Frankish waidanjan 'to hunt, forage.' So gain originally meant to acquire food by hunting. Gainfully means in a profitable manner. The same root gives us regain (to get back). The PIE root *weh- also gives us 'wage' and 'wages' — what you earn from hunting? No, wage is from a different root. But gain is about acquiring.

adv In a gainful manner; profitably.

He worked gainfully as a consultant for many years.

(副词) 有收益地；有利可图地

他作为顾问有利可图地工作了许多年。

(adverbio) provechosamente; rentablemente; lucrativamente [De manera provechosa; con ganancia.]

Trabajó provechosamente como consultor durante muchos años.

(adverbe) profitablement; de manière rentable; lucrativement [De manière profitable ou rémunératrice.]

Il a travaillé gainfully comme consultant pendant de nombreuses années.

(Adverb) Auf eine Weise, die Gewinn oder Vorteil bringt; einträglich.

Er arbeitete **gainfully** viele Jahre lang als Berater.

(副詞) 利益を得るように。収益的に。有利に。

彼は長年にわたり、コンサルタントとして利益を得るように働いた。

(advérbio) lucrativamente; rentavelmente; proveitosamente [De maneira lucrativa; rentavelmente.]

Ele trabalhou de forma lucrativa como consultor por muitos anos.

Synonyms: profitably lucratively remuneratively advantageously beneficially Antonyms: unprofitably disadvantageously unsuccessfully unproductively
Word parts: gain + ful + ly

Related words

regain

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