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suc·cess·ful

 (sək-sĕs′fəl)
adj.
1. Having a favorable outcome: a successful heart transplant.
2. Having obtained something desired or intended: was successful in stopping the leak of oil.
3. Having achieved wealth or eminence: a successful architect.

suc·cess′ful·ly adv.
suc·cess′ful·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.successfully - with success; in a successful manner; "she performed the surgery successfully"
unsuccessfully - without success; "she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car"
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successfully

adverb well, favourably, in triumph, with flying colours, famously (informal), swimmingly, victoriously The doctors have concluded preliminary tests successfully.
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Translations
بِنَجاحبِنَجاحٍ
úspěšně
heldigtsuccesrigt
onnistuneesti
uspješno
farsællega
うまく
성공적으로
uspešno
framgångsrikt
อย่างประสบผลสำเร็จ
başarılı bir şekildebaşarıyla
một cách thành công

successfully

[səkˈsesfəlɪ] ADV
1. (= effectively) → con éxito
he successfully defended his titledefendió con éxito su título
our main objective has been successfully accomplishedhemos conseguido or logrado nuestro objetivo principal
Pattie successfully evaded the policePattie consiguió or logró evadir a la policía
2. (= satisfactorily) → satisfactoriamente
the problem has been successfully resolvedel problema se ha resuelto satisfactoriamente
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successfully

[səkˈsɛsfʊli] advavec succès
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successfully

adverfolgreich, mit Erfolg
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successfully

[səkˈsɛsflɪ] advcon successo
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succeed

(səkˈsiːd) verb
1. to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose. He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.
2. to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else. He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?
success (səkˈses) noun
1. (the prosperity gained by) the achievement of an aim or purpose. He has achieved great success as an actor / in his career.
2. a person or thing that succeeds or prospers. She's a great success as a teacher.
sucˈcessful (-ˈses-) adjective
(negative unsuccessful) having success. Were you successful in finding a new house?; The successful applicant for this job will be required to start work next month; a successful career.
sucˈcessfully adverb
succession (səkˈseʃən) noun
1. the right of succeeding to a throne as king, to a title etc. The Princess is fifth in (order of) succession (to the throne).
2. a number of things following after one another. a succession of bad harvests.
3. the act or process of following and taking the place of someone or something else. his succession to the throne.
successive (səkˈsesiv) adjective
following one after the other. He won three successive matches.
sucˈcessively (-ˈsesiv-) adverb
sucˈcessor (-ˈse-) noun
a person who follows, and take the place of another. Who will be appointed as the manager's successor?
in succession
one after another. five wet days in succession.
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successfully

بِنَجاحٍ úspěšně succesrigt erfolgreich επιτυχώς satisfactoriamente onnistuneesti avec succès uspješno con successo うまく 성공적으로 succesvol vellykket pomyślnie com êxito успешно framgångsrikt อย่างประสบผลสำเร็จ başarıyla một cách thành công 成功地
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I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest in the country, I hope and believe it will successfully work out a problem of the highest importance to the whole human race.
And so he is at rest on all sides, and consequently he carries out his revenge calmly and successfully, being persuaded that he is doing a just and honest thing.
that I, who can wage war successfully with the hugest beasts, should perish myself from this spider, the most inconsiderable of insects!"
Having reached his end successfully in both these cases, he returned to the hotel, and found Noel Vanstone nursing his offended dignity in the landlady's sitting-room.
To amend this false step, and to recover his position in Emily's estimation, had been his object in view--and it had been successfully accomplished.
As she passed successfully through one whole round of planting, harvesting and garnering of grain, she began to realize her own ability and to be tempted more and more seriously to remain on the farm.
One of our own comrades, who for years had successfully maintained himself in a clerical position in the local bureau of the secret service of the Iron Heel, had fallen under the ban of the 'Frisco Reds and was being tried.
Once more Ned composed himself to sleep, and this time successfully, for he did not have any more unpleasant dreams.
It would require an inspired psychologist to deal successfully with them.
The particular impression I had received proved in the morning light, I repeat, not quite successfully presentable to Mrs.
And thus, through the courage and great skill in obstetrics of Queequeg, the deliverance, or rather, delivery of Tashtego, was successfully accomplished, in the teeth, too, of the most untoward and apparently hopeless impediments; which is a lesson by no means to be forgotten.
In addition to all this he had found time to be twenty-one years a policeman, and to beget and rear successfully twelve children.

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