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powderful

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Singapore[ˈpaʊ˧.də.fu˦]

powderful adjective: skilful; fluent; good. Also the pronunciation spelling of powerful.

Adjective

powderful (comparative more powderful, superlative most powderful)

  1. (Singapore, humorous, uncommon) Skilful; fluent; good.
    • When someone uses bad English, a normal speaker would reply sarcastically: "Wow, your English is so powerful".
      But a true Singlish speaker would retaliate: "Wah, your England very powderful ah?"2016 May 13, Heather Chen, “'Chinese helicopter': Singlish OED entry baffles Singaporeans”, in BBC News

Also used as

powderful is also the pronunciation spelling of powerful.

Forms of powderful

comparativemore powderful
superlativemost powderful

Origin of powderful

From a mispronunciation of powerful.

Questions about powderful

What does powderful mean?
Powderful means skilful; fluent; good.
What part of speech is powderful?
Powderful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce powderful?
Powderful is pronounced [ˈpaʊ˧.də.fu˦] (Singapore).

Words near powderful in the dictionary

  1. powdered wiretails
  2. powderer
  3. powderers
  4. powderflask
  5. powderflasks
  6. powderful
  7. Powderhall
  8. Powderham
  9. powderhorn
  10. powderhorns
  11. powderhound

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