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wealful

/ˈwiːlfʊl/

wealful adjective: successful; prosperous.

Adjective

wealful (comparative more wealful, superlative most wealful)

  1. (obsolete) Successful; prosperous.
    Synonyms:
    fortunate
  2. (obsolete) Happy; joyful; felicitous.
    Synonyms:
    glad

Synonyms of wealful

Forms of wealful

comparativemore wealful
superlativemost wealful
alternative form (obsolete)wealefull

Origin of wealful

Inherited from Middle English weleful. By surface analysis, weal + -ful.

Words formed from wealful

  • wealfully

Questions about wealful

What does wealful mean?
Wealful means successful; prosperous.
What part of speech is wealful?
Wealful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wealful?
Wealful is pronounced /ˈwiːlfʊl/.

Words near wealful in the dictionary

  1. Wealdsmen
  2. Wealdstone
  3. weale
  4. wealed
  5. weales
  6. wealful
  7. wealh
  8. wealhs
  9. wealing
  10. weally
  11. wealpublic

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