beneficially

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adverb

In a beneficial manner

Less commonScrabble 22

Meanings

adverbbeneficially (comparative more beneficially, superlative most beneficially)

comparative more beneficially · superlative most beneficially

  1. In a beneficial manner

    [I]n that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character-forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.

    2006, Steve Wharton, Screening Reality, page 104
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    He would skip pleasantly but beneficially through Royce, then pick up whatever ideas he might find in all these other philosophers he had heard mentioned: James and Kant and Bergson and who was that fellow with the funny name—Spinoza?

    1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Chapter 20

Origin

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APA

beneficially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beneficially

MLA

“beneficially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beneficially. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beneficially,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beneficially.

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