- 1. a. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Source: opted
- 2. adj. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome Source: wordnet
- 3. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. Shak. Syn. -- Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate. -- Suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"ful*ness, n. Source: webster
- 4. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success;accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence,prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; asuccessful experiment; a successful enterprise.Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. Shak. Source: adambom
- 5. j:100 a. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome Source: ecdict
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