# gainfully

**Pronunciation:** /ˈɡeɪn.fəl.i/ · GAYN-fuh-lee

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a way that provides profit or advantage; in a way that is employed and earning money.

## Examples

- He is gainfully employed as a software engineer.
- The company aims to provide gainfully employment opportunities for local residents.
- She spent her summer vacation gainfully by volunteering at a local animal shelter.

## Synonyms

- profitably — Focuses on the financial return or benefit.
- productively — Emphasizes producing useful results or output.
- usefully — Suggests being of service or having a practical purpose.
- advantageously — Highlights achieving a favorable position or outcome.

## Antonyms

- unprofitably — Without making a profit or financial gain.
- unproductively — Without producing useful results or output.

## Common patterns

- gainfully employed — Working and earning money in a job. — The report showed an increase in the number of citizens gainfully employed.
- gainfully occupied — Engaged in a useful or profitable activity. — She was gainfully occupied with her studies during the semester.

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