promisefuladj.
/ˈprɒmᵻsfʊl/, U.S. /ˈprɑməsˌfʊl/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > full of or consisting in promises
promissoryc1475
votive1597
promiseful1605
promissive1641
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 414 Some he winnes with promise-full intreates,..and some with rougher threats.
1763 J. Hoadly in Coll. of Poems V. 249 And can we then no more depend on Our good forgetful friend at Findon, Than on a courtier promiseful?
1874 Times 20 Mar. 6/3 Her Majesty had issued a proclamation, in which she used the gracious and promiseful words that Her Indian subjects were entitled to the same care and justice as her subjects in England.
2. Full of promise or indication of future good; promising.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [adjective]
fairc1325
likely1548
sperable1565
hoped1581
propitious1581
promising1594
hopeful1599
auspiciousa1616
flattering1633
promissory1732
sperate1808
likely-looking1827
favourable1828
promiseful1855
1855 W. M. Gibson Prison of Weltevreden 33 A vessel..bought for a purpose which could not be achieved... Her sale would have been a great sacrifice at home, which was so promiseful of profit abroad.
1883 Chicago Advance 25 Jan. From the Rocky Mountain Districts, never more promiseful, comes the unchanged cry.
1908 Daily Chron. 9 June 3/2 Our rivers are promiseful enough of sport.
1964 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 26 448/2 In casual talk.., they say in effect that work is neither good nor promiseful of better things.
1993 Armenian Reporter (Nexis) 6 Nov. 2 A few of those children..may have been firmly clutching in their freezing hands a bright lollipop, as a symbolic key to a promiseful future.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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