Gainfully

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gainful \Gain"ful\, a.
     Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation."
     --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Gain"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gainfully
       adv : in a gainful way; "are you gainfully employed now?"