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archful

archful adjective: arch; knowing.

Adjective

archful (comparative more archful, superlative most archful)

  1. Arch; knowing.
    • And then there is a glance of playfulness, And archful innocence, that steals upon The heart, and wakens it to love.1825, “A Sketch”, in The Literary Magnet, page 145
    • His better verse is direct, forceful, sinuous, and pithy, and has the Gallic abandon and archful insouciance.1928, University of Washington, University of Washington publications in language and literature, page 44

Forms of archful

comparativemore archful
superlativemost archful

Origin of archful

From arch + -ful.

Questions about archful

What does archful mean?
Archful means arch; knowing.
What part of speech is archful?
Archful is an adjective.

Words near archful in the dictionary

  1. archflamines
  2. archfoe
  3. archfoes
  4. archfool
  5. archfools
  6. archful
  7. archgovernor
  8. archgovernors
  9. archgrandmaster
  10. archgrandmasters
  11. Archground

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