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use·ful

 (yo͞os′fəl)
adj.
1. Having a beneficial use; serviceable: a useful kitchen gadget.
2. Being of practical use: a useful job; useful members of society.
use′ful·ly adv.
use′ful·ness n.
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Adv.1.usefully - in a useful manner; "extra money could be usefully spent on this project"
uselessly - in a useless manner; "the furniture was sitting around uselessly"
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Translations
بصورَةٍ مُفيدَه
užitečně
hasznosan
gagnlega, nytsamlega
koristno
yararlı bir şekilde

usefully

[ˈjuːsfəlɪ] ADV → de manera provechosa, provechosamente
you could spend your time more usefully in the library → podrías emplear el tiempo de manera más provechosa or más provechosamente en la biblioteca
the staff are not being usefully employed → la plantilla no se está empleando de manera provechosa or provechosamente
there was nothing that could usefully be said → nada de lo que podía decirse servía de nada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

usefully

[ˈjuːsfʊli] adv → utilement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

usefully

adv employed, spend time → nutzbringend; you could usefully come along → es wäre von Nutzen, wenn Sie kämen; is there anything I can usefully do? → kann ich mich irgendwie nützlich machen?; this book can usefully be given to first-year students → dieses Buch ist für Erstsemester nützlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

usefully

[ˈjuːsf/əlɪ] adv → utilmente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

use2

(juːs) noun
1. the act of using or state of being used. The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.
2. the/a purpose for which something may be used. This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.
3. (often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage. Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.
4. the power of using. She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.
5. permission, or the right, to use. They let us have the use of their car while they were away.
ˈuseful adjective
helpful or serving a purpose well. a useful tool/dictionary; She made herself useful by doing the washing for her mother.
ˈusefulness noun
ˈusefully adverb
in a useful way. He spent the day usefully in repairing the car.
ˈuseless adjective
having no use or no effect. Why don't you throw away those useless things?; We can't do it – it's useless to try.
be in use, be out of use
to be used or not used. How long has the gymnasium been in use / out of use?
come in useful
to become useful. My French came in useful on holiday.
have no use for
to despise. I have no use for such silliness / silly people.
it's no use
it's impossible or useless. He tried in vain to do it, then said `It's no use.'
make (good) use of, put to (good) use
He makes use of his training; He puts his training to good use in that job.
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