"gainful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more gainful [comparative], most gainful [superlative]
Etymology: From gain (“against, contrary”) + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gain|ful|pos=adjective|t1=against, contrary}} gain (“against, contrary”) + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} gainful (comparative more gainful, superlative most gainful)
  1. Contrary.
    Sense id: en-gainful-en-adj-P59t-NxE Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 37 24 12 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 18 1 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 9 0 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 10 0 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 4 0 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 69 13 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 72 10 6 12
  2. Disposed to taking advantage of.
    Sense id: en-gainful-en-adj-ASmqHR9c
  3. Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle.
    Sense id: en-gainful-en-adj-NRkaY7Sd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gainfull [archaic], advantageous, gainful, gainsome, lucrative, lucriferous [obsolete], lucrific [obsolete], paying, profitable, remunerative
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more gainful [comparative], most gainful [superlative]
Etymology: From gain (“profit, foredeal”) + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gain|ful|pos=adjective|t1=profit, foredeal}} gain (“profit, foredeal”) + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} gainful (comparative more gainful, superlative most gainful)
  1. Providing gain; profitable. Derived forms: gainfully, gainfulness Translations (Providing gain; profitable): изгоден (izgoden) (Bulgarian), доходен (dohoden) (Bulgarian), მომგებიანი (momgebiani) (Georgian), ხელსაყრელი (xelsaq̇reli) (Georgian), შემოსავლიანი (šemosavliani) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gainful-en-adj-h1u1ZShh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gainfull [archaic], advantageous, gainful, gainsome, lucrative, lucriferous [obsolete], lucrific [obsolete], paying, profitable, remunerative
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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