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successful

/səkˈsɛs.fəl/ adjective A1
  1. Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect. · a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise
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This meant getting a First Class teacher’s license in one year instead of two, if they were successful; but it also meant much more and harder work.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 291 · C1
The instant he entered I saw by his face that he had not been successful.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 52 · B2
A scheme of which every part promises delight can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 268 · B2
Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for Mrs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 127 · B2

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