Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liberally; bountifully; with open hand.
- In a beneficial manner; advantageously; profitably; helpfully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
beneficial manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a beneficial manner
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Examples
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We have to remember, of course, that the hours of English taught in state primary and secondary schools are often supplemented (though how beneficially is up for question) by many hours at private language ‘schools’.
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Biological systems consistantly coming up with what is "necessary" for surival (and this may encompass anything from curtailing its populations to increasing them) has no relation to the idea of beneficially fortuitous mutations.
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Biological systems consistantly coming up with what is "necessary" for surival (and this may encompass anything from curtailing its populations to increasing them) has no relation to the idea of beneficially fortuitous mutations.
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Biological systems consistantly coming up with what is "necessary" for surival (and this may encompass anything from curtailing its populations to increasing them) has no relation to the idea of beneficially fortuitous mutations.
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There are three main elements which can affect the selling potential of a title, and those need to be addressed individually and as a collective force – beneficially or otherwise – to the potential of an e-book.
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But it does take a rethink of the software and how it should best work in a hosted environment with all the considerations of security and privacy while leveraging the opportunities that information can now beneficially be shared in ways that were never possible before.
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Sir, stop whining and complaining about the cost of the healthcare, first and foremost explain to the American people the cost of the two wars and who are the beneficially of the same!
McConnell: Reid bill 'the wrong direction to go' on reform 2009
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Arguably Allen's wittiest disquisition on life, love and death in Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 is beneficially influenced by Bergman's Fanny and Alexander.
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What I see in this video is work that is loved, work that beneficially shapes the way people live, and work that depends on both individual initiative and "other people's thinking."
Wendi L. Adamek: Life's Best Inventions Wendi L. Adamek 2011
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What I see in this video is work that is loved, work that beneficially shapes the way people live, and work that depends on both individual initiative and "other people's thinking."
Wendi L. Adamek: Life's Best Inventions Wendi L. Adamek 2011
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