Definitions: (1) contributing to a valuable end; (2) conferring positive or advantageous or useful results; (3) receiving or entitled to receive blessings
Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, good, salubrious, salutary, wholesome
Quote: Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. — Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English moralist