Results for Gainful

Definitions of Gainful:

part of speech: adverb

GAINFULLY.

part of speech: adjective

Profitable; advantageous.

part of speech: adjective

Yielding profit; advantageous.

part of speech: noun

GAINFULNESS.

Usage examples for Gainful:

• In case it should happen that these business interests of the nation's businessmen interested in trade or investments abroad are jeopardised by a disturbance of any kind in these foreign parts in which these business interests lie, then it immediately becomes the urgent concern of the national authorities to use all means at hand for maintaining the gainful traffic of these businessmen undiminished, and the common man pays the cost. "An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation", Thorstein Veblen