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successful
/ səkˈsɛsfʊl /
adjective
having succeeded in one's endeavours
marked by a favourable outcome
having obtained fame, wealth, etc
Other Word Forms
- successfully adverb
- successfulness noun
- half-successful adjective
- half-successfully adverb
- half-successfulness noun
- nonsuccessful adjective
- nonsuccessfully adverb
- presuccessful adjective
- presuccessfully adverb
- quasi-successful adjective
- quasi-successfully adverb
- semisuccessful adjective
- semisuccessfully adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of successful1
Example Sentences
Jonsson’s successful performance proves the audience is ready to see someone like him refuse to die so that the usual suspects can live.
It is understood that the party has interviewed four candidates for the role and will announce who has been successful next week.
New manager Martin Ho is a highly-regarded coach and had a successful time at former club Brann but he has his work cut out this season.
The company was forced to produce a new assessment after a successful legal challenge by the environmental group Greenpeace.
The right-back featured in every game in the successful Euro 2022 campaign - and again three years later as England retained their crown in Switzerland.
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When To Use
The word successful is hard to spell because it can be hard to know which letters are doubled. Both the c and the middle s are doubled, but the f and l are not. How to spell successful: To be a success, you need to see (two Cs) Some Smarts (two Ss). This reminds you that success is spelled with a double C in the middle and a double S at the end. To spell successful, you add the base word (success) to the suffix -ful.
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