Ruleful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Based on rules.

    "Dream psychology badly needs a "scientific" (ruleful, reliable) way of identifying and determining the interrelatedness of those associative and motivational structures […]"

Example

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"Dream psychology badly needs a "scientific" (ruleful, reliable) way of identifying and determining the interrelatedness of those associative and motivational structures […]"

Etymology

From rule + -ful.

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