Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reposeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-pose-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Providing repose, restful.

adj

Having an appearance of repose, peaceful.

Example Sentences

"The reposeful, easy, affluent life to which her mother's marriage had introduced her was, in truth, the beginning of a great change in Elizabeth."
"What a strange yet pleasant day that was. So brilliant and gay without, for all the world seemed abroad to welcome the first snow. So quiet and reposeful within, for everyone slept, spent with watching, and a Sabbath stillness reigned through the house […]"
"[…] he showed in face that humane look of reposeful good nature which the Greek sculptor in some instances gave to his heroic strong man, Hercules."

Etymology

From repose + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: repose

Inflected Forms

more reposeful (comparative) most reposeful (superlative)

Derived Forms

reposefully reposefulness unreposeful

Synonyms

restful relaxing

Questions

What does reposeful mean?: Providing repose, restful.
Where does reposeful come from?: From repose + -ful.

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