Ruleful
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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