Meanings
adjectivefurthersome (comparative more furthersome, superlative most furthersome)
comparative more furthersome · superlative most furthersome
- archaicTending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous.
you will find it a most handy and every way furthersome , blessed and felicitous world
1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLCAntonyms: hindersome, thwartful
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adjectiveTending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous.
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APA
furthersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furthersome
MLA
“furthersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furthersome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furthersome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furthersome.
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