lovefuladj.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 165 Se luueful & se rewful is hire heorte.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 454 Th' euerlasting Voyce, Which now againe re-blest the Loue-full Choyce Of sacred Wedlocks secret-binding band.

1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 275 Do not persuade a loveful maid there's any heaven but he.

1726 P. B. Du-Bois tr. T. Tasso L'Aminta i. ii. 39 The loveful amorous Boy beheld himself wantonly playing with the Maid he lov'd.

1854 H. Strickland Trav. Thoughts 87 Cheerful, hopeful, loveful feelings, instead of the old religions of fear.

1884 G. Barlow Poems Real & Ideal 271 Have we no hearts, no souls, no fiery loveful ditties, For Russia?

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 438 The rain refrained from falling glimpses, as it were, through the windows of loveful households in Dublin city.

1951 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 25 May 2/2 Sermon: The Loveful Sacrifice.

2007 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 14 Mar. What can be achieved with loveful interaction today cannot be achieved by force.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 187 Al þis is iseid þet ower nebbes beon eauer iwend somed mid luueful [a1250 Nero ueir] semblant & wið swote chere.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xv. 13 The Lord hateth al cursing of errour, and it shal not ben looueful [L. amabile] to men dredende hym.

1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. F7^v His loue-ful face is now her soules sole essence.

1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence vi. xvi. 162 Now I want those lovefull aspects, wherewith your indulgent eye was wont to solace me.

1844 I. T. Hecker Diary 1 May (1988) 174 My heart feels so inerted with love this afternoon it knows no bounds... It would do nothing but love God and embrace all loveful objects.