storyful en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From story + -ful.
Meanings
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Characteristic of a story; storylike
So it will be seen again, as always, that if he now works with stone in this sense, using the new power which the machine has given him over it, he will gain a spiritual integrity and physical health to compensate him for the losses of the storyful beauties of that period, […]
1975, Frank Lloyd Wright, Andrew Devane, Frederick Albert Gutheim, In the Cause of Architecture:All that sort of thing is very storyful, of course, but it does not concern this account.
1923, Paradise of the Pacific, volumes 36-37, page 23:The Purple Polly Gimbo and other storiful rhymes.
1977, Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series, page 2773:[…] But let us for an instant or two flit back to the storyful dawn of Greenwich Village.
1923, Robert Cortes Holliday, In the Neighborhood of Murray Hill, page 94:
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Abounding in stories; legendary
Toledo, the venerable, the storyful, is bowed with the weight of centuries.
1921, The Mentor-world Traveler, volume 9, page 29:The excitements of a pair of knickers, muddied on the storyful pavement, set his mind on murderous trackings.
1993, Lukáš Tomin, Ashtrays, page 29:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| storiful | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most storyful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more storyful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |