gainfully

1. 1.

   in a gainful way

   “are you gainfully employed now?”

Questions about gainfully

What does gainfully mean?

gainfully means "in a gainful way".

How many syllables are in gainfully?

gainfully has 3 syllables: gain-ful-ly. The stress falls on "gain". In IPA it is /ˈɡeɪnfəli/.

Is gainfully a common word?

gainfully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.