usefully

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English useful

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English usefully

From useful + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

usefully (comparative more usefully, superlative most usefully)

1. In a useful manner; in a way that achieves something.

   I would rather have it said, "He lived usefully," than, "He died rich."

Translations

in a useful manner

• Bulgarian: полезно (bg) (polezno)
• Catalan: útilment (ca)
• Czech: užitečně
• Finnish: hyödyllisesti (fi), käytännöllisesti (fi)
• French: utilement (fr)
• Galician: utilmente
• Italian: utilmente (it)
• Old English: nytlīċe
• Polish: użytecznie (pl), pożytecznie (pl)
• Portuguese: utilmente
• Spanish: útilmente (es)