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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Successful \Suc*cess"ful\, adjective 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}, adverb -- {Suc*cess"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
successfully
adverb: in a successful manner; "she performed the surgery successfully" [syn: {with success}] [ant: {unsuccessfully}]
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