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Usefully vs Useful - What's the difference?

usefully | useful |

Useful is a related term of usefully.



As an adverb usefully

is in a useful manner; in a way that achieves something.

As an adjective useful is

having a practical or beneficial use.

usefully

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a useful manner; in a way that achieves something
  • I would rather have it said, "He lived usefully ," than, "He died rich."

    useful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a practical or beneficial use.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}

    Usage notes

    * Prepositions: useful'' is used in ''useful for '', ''useful for '' and ''useful to ''. The words ''useful to'' are also found in construction such as ''It is useful to do'', in which ''to marks an infinitive rather than being a preposition.

    Synonyms

    * noteful * serviceable * utilitarian

    Antonyms

    * unuseful * useless * harmful