eveningful

eveningful noun: an amount that lasts an evening.

Noun

eveningful (plural eveningfuls or eveningsful)

An amount that lasts an evening.
- There's many an hour's helpful instruction in dainty needlework, eveningsful of absorbing fiction by the great writers — dinners and luncheons, scores of them.1902, Life - Volume 40, page 546
- And so it would be, if opera had evolved slowly, step by step, by a gradual expansion of the medieval ballad into a longer, more dramatic type of work, until it finally emerged as an eveningful of music for soloists, chorus, and accompanying instruments, suited to performance with scenery and...1940, Lawrence Abbott, Approach to Music, page 205

eveningful (comparative more eveningful, superlative most eveningful)

Occurring during or designed for the evening.
- He still liked the prim eveningful place, except for the Hotel La Grande.1938, Woman's Home Companion - Volume 65, page 12
- It'll be his partner for an eveningful pleasure!1944, House & Garden - Volumes 85-86, page 86

Sampling them is easy—plenty of the city's hospody (pubs) offer an eveningful of brews on tap.2015, Patricia Schultz, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die:
I've had to sit through eveningfuls of them2019, Charlotte Bingham, Coronet Among the Weeds, page 22:

From evening + -ful.

What does eveningful mean?: Eveningful means an amount that lasts an evening.
How do you use eveningful in a sentence?: Sampling them is easy—plenty of the city's hospody (pubs) offer an eveningful of brews on tap.
What part of speech is eveningful?: Eveningful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of eveningful?: The plural of eveningful is eveningfuls.

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