Definition
successful: having a favorable outcome, victorious, fortunate, productive
to be successful (in): to succeed, to be doing well for oneself, to be fortunate (in)
Polly is successful in everything she does: she never fails.
successfully (completed): (completed) with success, with the desired result, with a favorable outcome
We ended the quarter successfully: the figures are great!
- "You will continue to do business as usual, and we will continue to be successful."
- "Bruno : The key to successful bidding is in the timing, Hannah."
- "To say thank you for all your hard work lately, and to celebrate our moderately successful first quarter sales, I'm pleased to announce that the senior staff of the Delavigne Corporation will be taking a team-building trip this weekend!"
- "We all know Bruno Delavigne as the public face of the highly successful Delavigne Corporation."
- "I'm happy to report that our "sales road trip" to Los Angeles was a crashing success, in the sense that we successfully crashed the company car."
- "After undergoing successful therapy, I have now embarked upon the greatest endeavor of my career - becoming a painter."
- "I am delighted to announce that the first six months of this year have been among the most successful in the Delavigne Corporation's history."
- "We go to bars looking for women, he's even more successful than me!"
- "A successful perfume—"
- "Bruno : I've successfully secured the microphone to the dolphin's head."
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