resultfuladj.
/rᵻˈzʌltf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /rəˈzəltf(ə)l/, /riˈzəltf(ə)l/ Having or producing good results; fruitful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective]
bearinglOE
fruitfula1300
plenteousc1325
fructuousa1382
birthful?c1475
fertile1481
broodya1522
yielding1556
foisonous1570
procreant1588
generative1597
yieldy1598
childing1600
seedful1605
thankful1610
foisonable1613
prolifical1615
fecundous1630
feracious1637
prolific1653
fetiferous1654
floriferous1656
productive1672
fœtant1678
spawning1682
uberousa1706
populous?1789
productible1830
grateful1832
resultful1833
genetic1838
tumid1840
polyphorous1858
generant1875
proliferent1920
1833 Gardener's Mag. June 354 He is anxious to promote the passion for, and emulation in, gardening, which are now, in America, on all sides, kindling into resultful action.
1876 W. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 132 His own work had been of the most resultful sort.
1892 Month Feb. 234 Controversies..more likely to be endless than resultful.
1922 Eng. Jrnl. 11 (front matter) A rhetoric for upper high school grades that has grown out of the resultful classroom experience of the author.
1966 BioScience 16 313 (advt.) You will spend all your time in uninterrupted, resultful examination.
1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon xxxi. 305 This Combination..of unceasing Talk and low Visibility that makes Riot's indoor Sister, Conspiracy, not only possible, but resultful as well.
2002 Automotive Design & Production (Nexis) 1 Feb. 10 Building up a person's self-respect is more resultful than tearing it down.
Derivatives
reˈsultfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adverb]
fructuouslya1382
fertilelya1586
pregnantly1593
fruitfully1608
fructiferously1635
exuberantly1650
teemingly1651
prolifically1735
prolificly1851
resultfully1860
1860 K. K. C. Walker Watson's Woods xi. 182 This leaven worked so resultfully in Mr. Watson's covetous soul.
1881 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ viii. 148 The relation..was most deeply and resultfully experienced by the men.
1923 A. H. Vandenberg If Hamilton were Here Today 316 Then expect such an Army to function resultfully.
2007 Baltic News Service (Nexis) 27 June The council decided at its first meeting today to start looking for ways to participate resultfully in the integration process.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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