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minuteful

minuteful noun: enough to last a minute.

Noun

minuteful (plural minutefuls or minutesful)

  1. Enough to last a minute.
    • ...and he has fought through each minute and its minuteful of pain (happily no minute can contain two minutefuls) during the seven months that have elapsed since we parted from him.1890, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple Bar - Volume 90
    • I scarcely slept a minuteful.1939, The Eagle's Quest: A Prince's Flight for Freedom, page 225

Adjective

minuteful (comparative more minuteful, superlative most minuteful)

  1. Having extensive minutes.
    • The UNDP and the government of the Republic of Honduras did systematic investigation works for ore deposits, for five years from 1969 to 1974, in total area of 10,800 km² in the northwestern part of the country, employing the methods of regional geological survey, geochemical exploration, local...1900, Report on Geological Survey of the Western Area, Republic of Honduras

Forms of minuteful

Noun
pluralminutefuls
pluralminutesful
Adjective
comparativemore minuteful
superlativemost minuteful

Origin of minuteful

From minute + -ful.

Questions about minuteful

What does minuteful mean?
Minuteful means enough to last a minute.
What part of speech is minuteful?
Minuteful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of minuteful?
The plural of minuteful is minutefuls.

Words near minuteful in the dictionary

  1. minute-jacks
  2. minute-man
  3. minute-men
  4. minute-to-minute
  5. minuted
  6. minuteful
  7. minutefuls
  8. minutelong
  9. minutely
  10. minuteman
  11. minutemen

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