Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized or marked by deeds or exploits; full of deeds; stirring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.
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- adjective Full of
deeds orexploits ;active ; stirring.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There were no cockle-shells, or tape-sandals, or staves, or scrips, or anything romantic and pious about the eight persons who set out for Hazelbridge that morning, more earnestly wishful to be good and deedful – at least Oswald, I know, was – than ever they had been in the days of the beastly Wouldbegood Society.
The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901
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There were no cockle-shells, or tape-sandals, or staves, or scrips, or anything romantic and pious about the eight persons who set out for Hazelbridge that morning, more earnestly wishful to be good and deedful -- at least Oswald, I know, was -- than ever they had been in the days of the beastly Wouldbegood Society.
The Wouldbegoods 1891
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All the might of the deedful Niblungs is a tale forgotten long,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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For fulfilling the deedful measure, and the cup of the people's praise. "
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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