aimfuladj.
/ˈeɪmf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈeɪmf(ə)l/ Originally: †with precise or careful aim (obsolete. rare). Later: having aim or purpose (frequently in actual or implied contrast to aimless).
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1726 A. Hill in R. Savage Misc. Poems & Transl. 230 Sudden he lift the Tube, with aimful Eye, And up Heav'n's Hill th' exploded Thunder flies.
1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. 21 Aimful he poiz'd, and hurl'd, his beamy Lance.
1833 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. May 588/2 In the wondrous boundless jostle of things (an aimful Power presiding over it, say rather, dwelling in it), a result comes out that may be put up with.
1872 H. M. Thompson ‘Copy’ 226 All action, to be wise, coherent, aimful, and productive, must base itself on some principle.
1917 T. Hardy Moments of Vision & Misc. Verses 102 No aimful author's was the blow That swept us prone, But the Immanent Doer's That does not know.
1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 May (Weekend section) 5 Walkman's long, often aimless strolls through the streets of Washington—or his more frequent brief, aimful ones.
2000 S. Heighton Shadow Boxer (2002) 380 Two guests..were exchanging cards, not furtively but with aimful, unabashed bonhomie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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