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behoofful

behoofful is the alternative form of behoveful.

Meaning of behoveful

Adjective

behoveful (comparative more behoveful, superlative most behoveful)

  1. (archaic) Needful or proper; beneficial; behoving.
    • No Madam, we haue cul'd such necessaries / As are behoouefull for our state to morrow[…].c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of behoofful

comparativemore behoofful
superlativemost behoofful

Questions about behoofful

What is behoofful the alternative form of?
Behoofful is the alternative form of behoveful.

Words near behoofful in the dictionary

  1. behoney
  2. behoneyed
  3. behoneying
  4. behoneys
  5. behoof
  6. behoofful
  7. behoofs
  8. behooped
  9. behoovable
  10. behoove
  11. behooved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: behoofful (page history and authors); behoveful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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