gainfully

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- Unemployed, he sponges off the family of a gainfully-employed, working class father figure ... yet considers himself superior to him.

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  1. In a gainful manner; with increase of wealth; profitably; advantageously. God … is sufficiently able, albeit ye receyue no recompence of menne, to make your almes dedes gaynfully to returne vnto you. J. Udall, On Cor. ix.

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  • Had America stayed neutral, she would have found her workforce gainfully employed feeding, clothing, and supplying all nations of the world with her productivity. —  RedStateEclectic
  • Marta herself was gainfully employed, in a league that had the advantage of existence. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • If foreign-owned financial institutions wish to operate in London because of the skills on offer and foreign taxpayers are also happy with the risk their institutions are running there, I would be delighted that these "world-class skills", so powerfully demonstrated in recent years, be gainfully employed. here to read Martin Wolf's opening salvo —  FT.com | Blogs
  • Such public works of the government will provide employment for everyone in the country not otherwise gainfully employed, and it will so stimulate all private endeavors and business that little additional legislation will be necessary. —  The Progressive
  • The estimate on what bringing more city employees within city lines could mean to tax revenues is too complicated for me to do in this sitting, but I challenge you to disprove how, I would guess, at least 10,000 new gainfully employed families moving into the city would not be a good thing for both the community and tax base, not to mention property values, local businesses etc. —  Blog updates
 

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