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likeful

likeful adjective: likeable; pleasing; pleasant; agreeable.

Adjective

likeful (comparative more likeful, superlative most likeful)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, humorous, rare) Likeable; pleasing; pleasant; agreeable.
    • […] that they put the said word in al their English Bibles, with the likeful consent as before, when it is not in the Greeke at al.1973, original 1582, Gregory Martin, A Discoverie of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures
    • […] and can sometimes even churn up a huge and hazy cloud of closeknit mindgropings, which when written down might, with luck, reach across to other thinkbeasts and in them trigger wonderings of a likeful kind.1995, Allen Sture, Of Thoughts And Words

Forms of likeful

comparativemore likeful
superlativemost likeful

Origin of likeful

From Middle English likful, licvol, equivalent to like + -ful.

Questions about likeful

What does likeful mean?
Likeful means likeable; pleasing; pleasant; agreeable.
What part of speech is likeful?
Likeful is an adjective.

Words near likeful in the dictionary

  1. liked it or lumped it
  2. liked the sound of one's own voice
  3. liked to
  4. likedst
  5. likee
  6. likeful
  7. likehood
  8. likehoods
  9. likejacking
  10. likelemba
  11. likelembas

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