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Ful
1[ fool ]
-ful
2- a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” ( shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful ); “tending to,” “able to” ( wakeful; harmful ); “as much as will fill” ( spoonful ).
-ful
suffix
- forming adjectives full of or characterized by
spiteful
painful
restful
- forming adjectives able or tending to
helpful
useful
- forming nouns indicating as much as will fill the thing specified
mouthful
spoonful
Usage
Spelling Note
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Ful1
Example Sentences
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She's done got a pow'ful quick tempah, my Miss Betty has, same's all my Somerset family had, bein' fust quality folks lak dey was.
This line is too long; I omit ful wel devysed, which is not in the original.
He was a skittish horse, gentle, as Andy explained, but "pow'ful nervous—had to be sort o' coaxed along."
The Ellern is a tree with long bowes, ful sounde and sad wythout, and ful holowe within, and ful of certayne nesshe pyth.
And certainly a fine Medlar tree "ful of blossomes" is a handsome ornament on any lawn.
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