USEFUL

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useful adjectiv

1. folositor, util, trebuincios, de trebuinţă, bun;

useful effect efect folositor.

2. (fam.) foarte bun / capabil; foarte eficient;

he made a useful goalkeeper s-a achitat bine de rolul (său) de portar;

he’s a useful boxer e un boxer foarte bun.

3. (sl.) useful with care ştie să folosească (cu ac.);

he's pretty useful with his fists (el) ştie să-şi folosească pumnii.

"Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful," said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

‘I should be happy to make myself useful.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Only think how useful he was at Sotherton!

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Why was not she to be as useful as Anne?

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

See, I have tried to be useful.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Useful and happy, as she said that day!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

If so, it may be a useful indicator of disease risk.

(Older biologic age linked to elevated breast cancer risk, National Institutes of Health)

Change of scene might be of service—and perhaps a little relief from home may be as useful as anything.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

I think he will be the most useful at this task.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)