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successful
/ əˈɛʊ /
adjective
having succeeded in one's endeavours
marked by a favourable outcome
having obtained fame, wealth, etc
Other Word Forms
- successfully adverb
- successfulness noun
- half-successful adjective
- half-successfully adverb
- half-successfulness noun
- nonsuccessful adjective
- nonsuccessfully adverb
- presuccessful adjective
- presuccessfully adverb
- quasi-successful adjective
- quasi-successfully adverb
- semisuccessful adjective
- semisuccessfully adverb
- ܳˈڳܱԱ noun
- ܳˈڳܱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of successful1
Example Sentences
The positive energy around the club was further fuelled by a successful week for the British contingent, who quickly made themselves at home.
“Testing our capabilities, and very successful. We know we can push beyond that limit now as far as distance goes.”
He said reaching this successful conclusion involved years of efforts by leaders of the tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy, as well as help from other partners.
She went on to become a successful commentator and pundit, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1989.
He also called Israel's move "a very successful attack, to put it mildly."
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When To Use
The word successful is hard to spell because it can be hard to know which letters are doubled. Both the c and the middle s are doubled, but the f and l are not. How to spell successful: To be a success, you need to see (two Cs) Some Smarts (two Ss). This reminds you that success is spelled with a double C in the middle and a double S at the end. To spell successful, you add the base word (success) to the suffix -ful.
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