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reposeful

reposeful adjective: providing repose, restful.

Adjective

reposeful (comparative more reposeful, superlative most reposeful)

  1. Providing repose, restful.
    • The reposeful, easy, affluent life to which her mother's marriage had introduced her was, in truth, the beginning of a great change in Elizabeth.1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIV, in The Mayor of Casterbridge
  2. Having an appearance of repose, peaceful.
    • What a strange yet pleasant day that was. So brilliant and gay without, for all the world seemed abroad to welcome the first snow. So quiet and reposeful within, for everyone slept, spent with watching, and a Sabbath stillness reigned through the house […]1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Part I, Chapter 20
    • […] he showed in face that humane look of reposeful good nature which the Greek sculptor in some instances gave to his heroic strong man, Hercules.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Forms of reposeful

comparativemore reposeful
superlativemost reposeful

Origin of reposeful

From repose + -ful.

Words formed from reposeful

Questions about reposeful

What does reposeful mean?
Reposeful means providing repose, restful.
What part of speech is reposeful?
Reposeful is an adjective.

Words near reposeful in the dictionary

  1. repose in action
  2. reposed
  3. reposedly
  4. reposedness
  5. reposedst
  6. reposeful
  7. reposefully
  8. reposefulness
  9. reposer
  10. reposers
  11. reposes

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