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eventful, a.|ɪˈvɛntfʊl|
[f. event n. + -ful.
A word used once by Shakespeare, whence Johnson's only quotation; not appearing otherwise in our quots. till after Johnson.]
1. Full of events; rich in striking occurrences.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. vii. 164 Last Scene of all, That ends this strange euentfull historie. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 252 The eventful story of her [Placidia's] life. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 173 The changes which fourteen eventful years had produced. 1874Motley Barneveld I. i. 5 Barneveld's eventful life.
2. Fraught with important issues; momentous.
1773Langhorne Orig. Veil (R.) The man of faith thro' Gerar doom'd to stray, A nation waiting his eventful way. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xii, A thousand times she turned about the eventful paper. 1801Southey Thalaba vii. xiii, Thalaba..waited calmly for the eventful day. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 591 The interval between the sitting of Saturday and the sitting of Monday was anxious and eventful.
3. = eventual 5.
1826Bentham in Westminst. Rev. VI. 474 To levy..any part..not exceeding..for any child, a moiety of such his, her, or their then eventful portion or portions.
Hence eˈventfulness, eventful quality.
1866Contemp. Rev. II. 592 What we miss in eventfulness is made up in descriptions, etc. 1884Church Bacon iv. 93 Bacon..saw..the critical eventfulness of the moment.
Add: eˈventfully adv.
1909Webster, Eventfully. 1961G. Davis World is my Country vii. 93 The day passed eventfully enough, with a constant stream of visitors. 1982Washington Post 18 Dec. a2/4 Hospital staff members..hope he will now have a chance to stabilize and recover less eventfully. |