useful
being of use or service
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,096 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,493 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being of use or service also: utile the girl felt motherly and usefula useful job
- having a useful function also: utilitarian utilitarian steel tables
useful in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No doubt the fellow was very useful to her.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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There are one or two observations I would here make, which may be useful.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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A bridge constructed according to the rules of the art of bridge-building is certain of a long, honourable and useful career.
Notes on Life & Letters · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 2
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I have often thought that there has rarely passed a Life of which a judicious and faithful Narrative would not be useful.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1