dispatchful en · ADJ
Etymology
From dispatch + -ful.
Meanings
-
(archaic) hasty; hurried.
with dispatchful looks in haste She turns , on hospitable thoughts intent
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| despatchful | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most dispatchful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dispatchful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |