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changeful

[ cheynj-fuh l ]

/ ˈtʃeɪndʒ fəl /

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adjective

full of changes; variable; inconstant.

Origin of changeful

First recorded in 1600–10; change + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM changeful

change·ful·ly, adverb change·ful·ness, noun un·change·ful, adjective un·change·ful·ly, adverb

un·change·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby changeful

change round, change the subject, change up, change-ringing, changeable, changeful, changeless, changeling, changemaker, changement de pied, changeover

Example sentences from the Web for changeful

The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain—the hardest and most iron-bound as well.

The home |Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Blue and rose by turns, like the changeful Aldebaran, it was formed by Adrienne and Sylvie, the two halves of my love.

Sylvie: souvenirs du Valois |Grard de Nerval
Away she went, much excited by the chase, and following the changeful song it led her to the china-closet door.

Eight Cousins |Louisa May Alcott
Finches sang their fullest strains, and the thrushes fluted their changeful tune, untiringly.

The Quest |Frederik van Eeden

Some are banded in seal-brown and amber, the surface having the lustrous, changeful effects of a cat's eye.

In the Open |Stanton Davis Kirkham

British Dictionary definitions for changeful

changeful

/ (ˈtʃeɪndʒfʊl) /

adjective

often changing; inconstant; variable

Derived forms of changeful

changefully, adverb changefulness, noun