useful
useful
(juːsfʊl )1. adjective
If something is useful, you can use it to do something or to help you in some way.
The slow cooker is very useful for people who go out all day. [+ for]
Hypnotherapy can be useful in helping you give up smoking. [+ in]
The police gained a great deal of useful information about the organization.
usefully adverb [ADVERB with verb]
...the problems to which computers could be usefully applied.
We need to find ways of dealing creatively and usefully with our feelings.
usefulness uncountable noun
His interest lay in the usefulness of his work, rather than in any personal credit. [+ of]
