contentful
/ˈkɑn.tɛnt.fəɫ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In answer to this question I want to propose that to is in fact always contentful—that it is never mere Case marking, strictly speaking—but that in certain contexts (namely, in V's headed by Dative-Shifting verbs) its grammatical contribution effectively "reduces" to Case marking and therefore can be suppressed under Passive."
- "Indeed, it seems to me that the special character of non-conceptually contentful perceptual states entails that all perceptual states contain non-conceptual content in this essentially distinct sense[…]."
- "Can one have contentful but non-conceptual thought? My guess is that we can and I take it that my guess is buttressed by our ordinary practice of talking about the behaviour of animals and pre-linguistic children."
- "How contentful the whole life is of him, that neither deviseth mischief against others, nor suspects any to be contrived against himself."
- "With the setting sun sending long shadows loping ahead of them over the smooth hillocks of the downs, they came up with the lagoon; a contentful return home, with appetite brisked up by a ten-mile walk, and plenty of food to satisfy it."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑn.tɛnt.fəɫ/
- British English: /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.fəɫ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more contentful (comparative)
most contentful (superlative)