usefully
5
1.1
- adverb
- /ˈjuːs.fəl.i/
:
útilmente
- Now, Mr. McQueen, I should be grateful for anything you can usefully tell me.
- usefully compared
- usefully applied
- usefully analyzed
So maybe these listeners are being usefully skeptical.
- So maybe these listeners are being usefully skeptical.
- For example, students from this class very usefully pointed us to the Yahoo data dump.
Examples
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Eric Edelman, Andrew Krepinevich, and Evan Montgomery have usefully analyzed the dangers of both outcomes.
Academic text (2011) -
One topic that art educators might usefully consider is a more integrated approach to teaching art.
Academic text (1992) -
And that is something I actually could usefully do.
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I have said as much as I feel can be usefully said by me in regard to the events of the past few days.
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However, the late heads might usefully be divided into at least two, and possibly three, types.
Academic text (1993) -
Discussion of the future of health care might usefully begin with the recognition of this fact.
Blog text (28) -
Let me suggest, then, that art can usefully be spoken of as narrative.
Academic text (1993) -
The multi-agency guidance informed by the literature review usefully identifies key themes from the research literature regarding neglected adolescents.
Academic text (2011) -
Overstating claims of relatedness and correlation usefully corrects for a long-running imbalance in preference for disconnection, disaggregation, and separation.
Academic text (1998) -
The guidebook explains the routes usefully, helping travelers plan their journeys with ease.
Synonyms
261
3.6
In a way that gets the result you want
11
4.1
In a helpful way that aims to improve something
10
3.2
In a way that gets a lot done and gives good results
9
1.0
In a way that gives help or useful information
1
6.9
In a way that brings the wanted result
1
3.9
In a way that gives good results
1
4.1
In a way that helps and makes things better
1
5.2
In a way that gives you a benefit or helps you succeed
1
5.5
In a way that helps make something happen
In a way that gets the result you want
Antonyms
How Useful
22
3.9
1
4.1
9
1.0
5
1.1
3
4.0
4
3.5
4
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word usefully comes from the simple verb use ('to make use of') and the adjective useful ('helpful' or 'good for a purpose'). The ending -ly turns it into an adverb meaning 'in this way', so usefully means 'in a helpful or practical way'.