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driftful

driftful adjective: marked by drift or lack of clear direction; drifty.

Adjective

driftful (comparative more driftful, superlative most driftful)

  1. Marked by drift or lack of clear direction; drifty.
    • So she reached up, this changed, driftful expression of herself, and she scratched him on the side of his head with the utensil she found in her hand.2009, Diana Evans, The Wonder, page 151
    • "Did you come up with that one all by yourself, or are you quoting what your wife said about me to make herself feel better about her own driftful ways?”2019, Phoenix, Love In The Deep: An Urban Paranormal, volume 1

Forms of driftful

comparativemore driftful
superlativemost driftful

Origin of driftful

From drift + -ful.

Words formed from driftful

Questions about driftful

What does driftful mean?
Driftful means marked by drift or lack of clear direction; drifty.
What part of speech is driftful?
Driftful is an adjective.

Words near driftful in the dictionary

  1. drifters
  2. driftest
  3. drifteth
  4. driftfish
  5. driftfishes
  6. driftful
  7. driftfulness
  8. driftier
  9. driftiest
  10. driftily
  11. driftin'

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