fruitfully

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/ˈfɹuːt.fʊ.li/

adverb

In a fruitful manner; productively.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbfruitfully (comparative more fruitfully, superlative most fruitfully)

comparative more fruitfully · superlative most fruitfully

  1. In a fruitful manner; productively.

    Corn, wine, and oil, are wanting to this ground, In which our countries fruitfully abound

    1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
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    Then doth the Cross of Christ work fruitfully Within our hearts, when we love harmlessly That Cross's pictures much, and with more care That Cross's children, which our crosses are.

    c. 1633, John Donne, The Cross

    The soldiers coming to out-process were not here to train, and hours needed to be fruitfully filled through the sometimes tedious process of leaving the army.

    2014, John O'Brien, A History of Fort Campbell, →ISBN

    I will argue that Pet Sematary and The Tommyknockers can fruitfully be read as bioconservative fables, thematic enactments of the kind of worst-case scenarios postulated by theorists such as Bill McKibben, Leon Kass, and Francis Fukuyama.

    2016, Jacob M. Held, Stephen King and Philosophy, page 48

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a productive way

Opposite

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Origin

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MLA

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Chicago

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