The phrase "a successful answer" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an answer that effectively addresses a question or problem.
Example: "After reviewing the responses, we found that only one provided a successful answer to the complex issue we were facing."
Alternatives: "an effective response" or "a satisfactory reply."
For instance, it could be argued (a) that the only successful answer would be one which appealed to a fundamental ontological distinction between the future and the present and past, but that (b) there is in fact no such distinction.
To mark the occasion the team behind the hugely successful Answer Me This! podcast, Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, choose key moments from the decade since the word was coined.
The euro and the internal market are our most successful answer to globalisation.
Score one point for each successful answer to the following: What country are you in?
Compaq, for example, designates certain users "experts" when they have logged a certain (undisclosed) number of successful answers to other users' questions.
ITV insiders said they have been working with the department to ensure the bidding process is successful, answering about 200 questions.
Successful answers can only lie in managing the quality and assessment of the new science produced.
Table 5 summarises the numbers of successful (answered) telephone calls to participants, their reported use of nicotine replacement therapy issued in the trial, and other non-trial smoking cessation support.
If you had asked me a year ago what it takes to be a successful artist, my answer would have been simple: the ability to produce good art.
The Legend of the Shadowless Sword ($19.98; New Line) is Korea's not-as-successful answer to the masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but it does have two strikingly lovely female leads and a nifty underwater fight scene.
