"endful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more endful [comparative], most endful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *endful (suggested by the Middle English adverb endfully), equivalent to end + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*endful}} Middle English *endful, {{suffix|en|end|ful|pos=adjective}} end + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} endful (comparative more endful, superlative most endful)
  1. Full of ends or aims; characteristic of having a goal, target, or specific agenda; ambitious; busy. Synonyms: endfull [obsolete] Derived forms: endfulness
    Sense id: en-endful-en-adj-3xoVRKxy Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header

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