"listful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɪstfʊl/ Forms: more listful [comparative], most listful [superlative]
Etymology: list + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|list|ful|pos=adjective}} list + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} listful (comparative more listful, superlative most listful)
  1. Attentive, listening.
    Sense id: en-listful-en-adj-1rAeOVCE
  2. Using or based on lists.
    Sense id: en-listful-en-adj-RUzjkA2s Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 24 51 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 63 25 3 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 15 58 14 13
  3. (rare) Tending to list or lean. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-listful-en-adj-giEkIz6-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: listen
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: listfuls [plural], listsful [plural]
Etymology: list + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|list|ful|pos=noun}} list + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|listsful}} listful (plural listfuls or listsful)
  1. As many as fill a list.
    Sense id: en-listful-en-noun-4FwXcjSR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1853, James Dodd (farmer.), William Antliff, The village; and other poems, page 37",
          "text": "The boundless, — infinite, — Almighty Power, Is ceaseless rolling on our listful ears — Through all th' immensity which every where appears.",
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          "ref": "2012, Martin Robison Delany, The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States",
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          "ref": "1986, Dissertation Abstracts International: The sciences and engineering",
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          "ref": "2009, Carl Wahlstedt, Brokenwing of an Angel, page 152",
          "text": "True joy permeates from the commander of common grace, his matrix of pleasure flows throughout with a listful liberation of joy.",
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          "ref": "2019, Mary Hartley, Power of Lists",
          "text": "If you embrace the philosophy of listful thinking, you can get your life back— because thinking in terms of bitesized goals is much easier than biting off a Guy Fierisized chunk.",
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          "text": "Leaving the coach sitting there horseless of shaft and decidedly listful at the front end.",
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          "text": "True joy permeates from the commander of common grace, his matrix of pleasure flows throughout with a listful liberation of joy.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019, Mary Hartley, Power of Lists",
          "text": "If you embrace the philosophy of listful thinking, you can get your life back— because thinking in terms of bitesized goals is much easier than biting off a Guy Fierisized chunk.",
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