1. Conferring benefits; useful; profito. The war which would have been most beneficial to us. Swift.
2. (Law)
Defn: Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. Kent.
3. King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." B. Jonson.
Syn.
— See Advantage.
BENEFICIALLY
Ben`e*fi"cial*ly, adv.
Defn: In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.
BENEFICIALNESS
Ben`e*fi"cial*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
BENEFICIARY
Ben`e*fi"ci*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. bénéficiaire, LL. beneficiarius.]