Searchful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by searching; active in searching; inquisitive. archaic

    "Each Genius, Youth conceals, or Time diſplays, / I know; each Work, ſome Seraph here conveys, / Retirement thus preſents my ſearchful Thought, What Heav’n inſpir’d, and what the Muſe has taught; […]"

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"Each Genius, Youth conceals, or Time diſplays, / I know; each Work, ſome Seraph here conveys, / Retirement thus preſents my ſearchful Thought, What Heav’n inſpir’d, and what the Muſe has taught; […]"

Etymology

From search + -ful.

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