successfuladj.

Brit.

/səkˈsɛsf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/səkˈsɛsf(ə)l/

Etymology: formed as success v. + -ful suffix.

a. Of persons: That succeeds or achieves success, esp. (in recent use), that attains to wealth or position, that ‘gets on’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > specifically of persons

successful1594

impetrable1599

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 66 The good Andronicus,..Succesfull in the battailes that he fights.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 24 The Iris Kerne..became so disasterous to the English, and successefull in action.., as they shaked the English governement.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. Ep. Ded. It hath been observ'd, that Secular Persons of Quality..are generally much Successfuller in Writing of Religion..than..Men in Orders.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 199 They had been..pretty successful in their Navigation.

1806 W. Scott Lett. (1932) I. 320 If I have been at all successful in the paths of literary pursuit.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 83 It failed; we tried again, and were successful.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 271 Mackenzie was a successful man.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 60 Educated men who have not been successful become secretaries, house-agents,..and the like.

b. transferred of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > specifically of things

provablea1722

successful1848

1848 J. Forster Life Goldsmith 377 There was nothing to make the town half so fond of a man..as a successful play.

1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 132 Great and successful works of art are among the most noble..of all human triumphs.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 166/2 The clock was a highly successful work of the art of the period.

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 200 The Times, and..the Daily News, and many others of the successful papers in the provinces and on the Continent.

2. Of actions, conditions, etc.: Attended with, characterized by, or resulting in success.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective]

well-speedinga1500

well-succeeding1579

successive1582

successful1594

succeeding1595

get-on1853

trumph1895

high-riding1921

large1957

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 172 And welcome Nephews from succesfull wars.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 155 And perhaps with more successefull words Then you.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 79 In..rare workes of Art, we are not so much taken with the beautie it selfe, as with the successfull boldnesse of Art.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan Rev. 392 They justifie all the successefull Rebellions.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vii. 58 At this he laughed, and so did we:—the jests of the rich are ever successful.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. v. 502 The successfullest campaign that ever was.

1891 Speaker 2 May 532/2 The jugglery of words was never more successful than in this distinction without a difference.

†3.

a. Bringing success, propitious. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > bringing success

successfulc1592

c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. i Making..the winds To driue their substance with successefull blasts.

†b. Conducive or necessary to success. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > conducive or necessary to success

successful1657

1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 135 It is very succesfull that we proportion Grafts, and stocks in Grafting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	successful
释义	successfuladj. Brit. /səkˈsɛsf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /səkˈsɛsf(ə)l/ Etymology: formed as success v. + -ful suffix. 1. a. Of persons: That succeeds or achieves success, esp. (in recent use), that attains to wealth or position, that ‘gets on’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > specifically of persons successful1594 impetrable1599 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 66 The good Andronicus,..Succesfull in the battailes that he fights. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 24 The Iris Kerne..became so disasterous to the English, and successefull in action.., as they shaked the English governement. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. Ep. Ded. It hath been observ'd, that Secular Persons of Quality..are generally much Successfuller in Writing of Religion..than..Men in Orders. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 199 They had been..pretty successful in their Navigation. 1806 W. Scott Lett. (1932) I. 320 If I have been at all successful in the paths of literary pursuit. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 83 It failed; we tried again, and were successful. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 271 Mackenzie was a successful man. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 60 Educated men who have not been successful become secretaries, house-agents,..and the like. b. transferred of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > specifically of things provablea1722 successful1848 1848 J. Forster Life Goldsmith 377 There was nothing to make the town half so fond of a man..as a successful play. 1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 132 Great and successful works of art are among the most noble..of all human triumphs. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 166/2 The clock was a highly successful work of the art of the period. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 200 The Times, and..the Daily News, and many others of the successful papers in the provinces and on the Continent. 2. Of actions, conditions, etc.: Attended with, characterized by, or resulting in success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] well-speedinga1500 well-succeeding1579 successive1582 successful1594 succeeding1595 get-on1853 trumph1895 high-riding1921 large1957 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 172 And welcome Nephews from succesfull wars. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 155 And perhaps with more successefull words Then you. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 79 In..rare workes of Art, we are not so much taken with the beautie it selfe, as with the successfull boldnesse of Art. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan Rev. 392 They justifie all the successefull Rebellions. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vii. 58 At this he laughed, and so did we:—the jests of the rich are ever successful. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. v. 502 The successfullest campaign that ever was. 1891 Speaker 2 May 532/2 The jugglery of words was never more successful than in this distinction without a difference. †3. a. Bringing success, propitious. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > bringing success successfulc1592 c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. i Making..the winds To driue their substance with successefull blasts. †b. Conducive or necessary to success. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > conducive or necessary to success successful1657 1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 135 It is very succesfull that we proportion Grafts, and stocks in Grafting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1592
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