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sightful

sightful adjective: easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.

Adjective

sightful (comparative more sightful, superlative most sightful)

  1. (obsolete) Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous
    • for sadness and affliction not only diminisheth and consumeth the moisture of the brain, but also drieth up the bones, with which quality the understanding groweth more sharp and sightful.1594, Richard Carew, The Examination of Men's Wits
  2. Having full sight; clear-sighted; perspicacious and discerning; observant
    • While polling trends can be interesting and even sightful, again, the only meaningful poll is on Election Day2008, NW Progressive Blog

Forms of sightful

comparativemore sightful
superlativemost sightful

Origin of sightful

From sight + -ful.

Words formed from sightful

Questions about sightful

What does sightful mean?
Sightful means easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.
What part of speech is sightful?
Sightful is an adjective.

Words near sightful in the dictionary

  1. sightening
  2. sightenings
  3. sightens
  4. sighter
  5. sighters
  6. sightful
  7. sightfulness
  8. Sighthill
  9. sightholder
  10. sightholders
  11. sighthole

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