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Successful
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. Shak.
Synonyms: Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate. Suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. Suc*cess"ful*ness, n.