successful
adjective
achieving or having achieved success.
successfully
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a word derived from
successful.
Example Sentences
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Around 3 a.m. one night, they observed one of their viruses successfully replicating, and infecting and killing bacterial cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
All of this is exactly what it takes to successfully execute your retirement plan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Back in 2021, activists had successfully lobbied the state of New Jersey to prohibit municipal and county governments as well as private facilities from entering into new contracts with ICE to house immigration detainees.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Nigel Farage has previously stood in seven parliamentary contests since 1994, and successfully became an MP for Clacton in the 2024 general election.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The police had used her successfully in a number of missing-person cases.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
