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planful

planful adjective: having (many) plans.

Adjective

planful (comparative more planful, superlative most planful)

  1. Having (many) plans.
  2. Intentional.
    • Is an infant who delights in such repetitive actions as swatting a brightly colored mobile or making a toy duck quack engaging in planful or intentional behavior? Piaget said no: the secondary circular reaction is not a fully intentional response, because the interesting result it produces was...2013, David R. Shaffer, Katherine Kipp, Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence, page 207

Forms of planful

comparativemore planful
superlativemost planful

Origin of planful

From plan + -ful.

Words formed from planful

Questions about planful

What does planful mean?
Planful means having (many) plans.
What part of speech is planful?
Planful is an adjective.

Words near planful in the dictionary

  1. planetwide
  2. planewave
  3. planewaves
  4. planform
  5. planforms
  6. planful
  7. planfully
  8. planfulness
  9. plangence
  10. plangencies
  11. plangency

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