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gainfull

gainfull is the archaic form of gainful.

Meaning of gainful

Adjective (1)

gainful (comparative more gainful, superlative most gainful)

  1. Contrary.
  2. Disposed to taking advantage of.
  3. Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle.

Adjective (2)

gainful (comparative more gainful, superlative most gainful)

  1. Providing gain; profitable.
    • How can we find gainful employment with dignity for the uneducated?

Forms of gainfull

comparativemore gainfull
superlativemost gainfull

Questions about gainfull

What is gainfull the archaic form of?
Gainfull is the archaic form of gainful.

Words near gainfull in the dictionary

  1. gaineth
  2. Gainey
  3. Gaineys
  4. Gainford
  5. gainful
  6. gainfull
  7. gainfuller
  8. gainfully
  9. gainfulness
  10. gaingiving
  11. gaingivings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gainfull (page history and authors); gainful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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