useful – English adjective declension

Adjective: useful

Comparative	usefuller
Superlative	usefullest

Comparative	more useful
Superlative	most useful

prove useful
practically useful
That’s a very useful tool for gardeners.
She found the information extremely useful.
In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance. [1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743:]
Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work. [2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:]

From use + -ful.

English adjective forms of useful