"gainsome" meaning in English

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          "text": "The cotton grower felt delight at the gainsome expansion of his cotton fields.",
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          "ref": "2008, Raj Kumar, International Economics:",
          "text": "We have the feasible potential to be competitive in a gainsome way in many sectors.",
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          "text": "It not consisteth all of pleasant words, / More gainsome tricks are there still to be found; …"
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        "Marked by gain; gainful; profitable."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡeɪnsʌm/"
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        "Well-formed; handsome; gainly."
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          "text": "It not consisteth all of pleasant words, / More gainsome tricks are there still to be found; …"
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