"eveningful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more eveningful [comparative], most eveningful [superlative]
Etymology: evening + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evening|ful|pos=adjective}} evening + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} eveningful (comparative more eveningful, superlative most eveningful)
  1. Occurring during or designed for the evening.
    Sense id: en-eveningful-en-adj-3HEhUscj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: eveningfuls [plural], eveningsful [plural]
Etymology: evening + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evening|ful|pos=noun}} evening + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|eveningsful}} eveningful (plural eveningfuls or eveningsful)
  1. An amount that lasts an evening.
    Sense id: en-eveningful-en-noun-hqouNwTu 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: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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