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▪ I. ˈsoulful, n. rare.
[f. soul n. + -ful 2.]
As much as a soul can hold or contain.
1649in Select Biogr. (Wodrow Soc.) I. 406 He did so long (as he said) for his soulful of the well of life. 1902A. B. Davidson Called of God x. 268 Except a man be washed, and have a whole soulful of spiritual faculties awake within him, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
▪ II. soulful, a.|ˈsəʊlfʊl|
Also soul-full.
[f. soul n. + -ful 1.]
1. Full of soul or feeling; of a highly emotional, spiritual, or æsthetic nature or character, or marked by this; also, affectedly or unduly æsthetic or emotional.
1860Princess Victoria Let. 6 Feb. in R. Fulford Dearest Child (1964) 232 The dear Princess said to Fritz Karl while they were singing something of Mozart ‘You are looking soulful.’ 1863Gilchrist Blake xxii, Very striking and soulful is the general effect [of an engraving]. 1882L. C. Lillie Prudence 48 Who can be soulful and an athlete? 1882B. Harte Flip iii, The poetic, soulful side of his mission was delicately indicated by a pale blue necktie. 1897Naturalist 84 For all who live by it will be manful, soulful, honest, and without fear. 1931A. Huxley Music at Night 18 When the great obvious truth is affirmed..in a series of soulful close-ups..the sensitive can only wince. 1951Sunday Pictorial 21 Jan. 6/4 His eyes become deceptively soulful.
transf.1869W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 263 This bit of the earth's expression, this soul-full bit of the earth, the quiet bay.
2. Expressive or indicative of deep feeling or emotion.
1868Tuckerman Collector 312 The soulful glow of expression in the inspired countenance of the Apollo. 1869Mrs. Whitney We Girls xix, Mother and Madam Pennington looked at each other with soulful eyes. 1878The Choir 16 Nov. 730 One of those soulful tunes which cannot fail to engage attention.
3. Expressive of Black feeling; characteristic of Black music. Also as quasi-adv.
1964Amer. Folk Music Occasional i. 46, I sing my song more soulful. 1973Black Panther 15 Sept. 15/1 The audience is encouraged to join hands with their neighbors and all standing sway with the soulful music. 1973Black World Apr. 9/1 ‘Soul’ is a highly valued concept among Afro-Americans. Soulful behavior may be called something else by some Afro-Americans, but its value remains.
Hence ˈsoulfully adv., ˈsoulfulness.
1880W. S. Gilbert Patience i. 11, I am soulfully intense. 1882Advance (Chicago) 20 Apr. 249 She..carried the audience by her dignity, earnestness and soulfulness. 1893Nation 9 Feb. LVI. 110/2 Languages vary, as do individuals, in genius or soulfulness. 1922Joyce Ulysses 279 Bronze, listening by the beer⁓pull, gazed far away. Soulfully. 1979Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 15/2 Her two daughters,..one bitter and promiscuous, one soulfully virginal, appeared as remote from everyday living as folklore princesses. |