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Search phrase: successful

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As You Like ItAYL I.ii.143Alas, he is too young; yet he looks successfully.Alas, he is too yong: yet he looks successefully
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iv.1Now, lords, if God doth give successful endNow Lords, if Heauen doth giue successefull end
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.ii.41Successful fortune, steel thy melting heartSuccessefull Fortune steele thy melting heart,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.18Successfully, I thank the gracious heavens.Succesfullie I thanke the gratious heauens,
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.ii.155Yea, and perhaps with more successful wordsYea and perhaps with more successefull words
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.175And 'tis my hope to end successfully.And 'tis my hope to end successefully:
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.69Successful in the battles that he fights,Successefull in the Battailes that he fights,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.175And welcome, nephews, from successful wars,And welcome Nephews from succesfull wars,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.197And led my country's strength successfully,And led my Countries strength successefully,
The Winter's TaleWT III.i.12Prove as successful to the Queen – O, be't so! – Proue as successefull to the Queene (O be't so)

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Glossary

 19 result(s).
achieveaccomplish an intention, perform successfully
achievementfeat, accomplishment, successful action
bootlessfruitlessly, uselessly, unsuccessfully, in vain
fairsuccessfully, promisingly, favourably
fleshmentfirst achievement, successful accomplishment
fortunatefavoured by fortune, successful
frustrateunsuccessful, thwarted, fruitless
goodnessbenefit, advantage, successful outcome
luckyfortunate, successful, prosperous
miscarrygo wrong, fail, be unsuccessful
missbe unsuccessful, be inadequate
prevailingsuccessful, effective, influential
prosperousprofitable, beneficial, leading to a successful outcome
speedingeffective, rapidly working, successful
successfullylikely to succeed
thrivebe successful, have good fortune
thrivingsuccessful, satisfactory, auspicious
unluckilyunsuccessfully, disastrously
unprevailingunavailing, ineffective, unsuccessful

Thesaurus

 23 result(s).
accomplishment, successfulfleshment
action, successfulachievement
outcome, leading to a successfulprosperous
outcome, successfulgoodness
perform successfullyachieve
successfulthriving
successfulprevailing
successfulspeeding
successfullucky
successfulfortunate
successful accomplishmentfleshment
successful actionachievement
successful outcomegoodness
successful outcome, leading to aprosperous
successful performanceachieve
successful, bethrive
successfullyfair
unsuccessfulunprevailing
unsuccessfulfrustrate
unsuccessful, bemiscarry
unsuccessful, bemiss
unsuccessfullybootless
unsuccessfullyunluckily

Themes and Topics

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Negatives...styles of expression they were largely successful it is now said to be ‘bad grammar’ to ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SUCCEEDBASICsuccessful adj, successfully adv

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