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Definition of Speedful
1. a. Full of speed (in any sense).
Definition of Speedful
1. Adjective. (nonstandard) Full of speed, fast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speedful
1. full of speed [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speedful
Literary usage of Speedful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy by Reginald Pecock (1860)
"It is profitable and speedful . . . furto speke." 27. " A good and a speedful wey."
111. SPEKE, 202 ; près. 3rd pers. sing. ..."
2. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"Also, sithen from the said College be many ways to Paul's Cross, and of which
each is speedful and good enough for to lead to Paul's Cross, it must needs be ..."
3. Revelations of Divine Love by Julian (1901)
"CHAPTER XXXIV " All that is speedful for us to learn and to know, full courteously
will our Lord shew us " |UR Lord God shewed two manner of secret things. ..."
4. The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy by Reginald Pecock (1860)
"... ben manye weies to Poulis Crosse, and of whiche ech is speedful and good ...
as for thanne, 0011 of the speedful weies for him into Poulis Crosse. ..."
5. Encyclopedia of Comedy: For Professional Entertainers, Social Clubs by James Melville Janson (1899)
"Yes, he was a deaf and dump man, and he was on the track, and the depot was behind
him, and the track was on the train coming at speedful, and the brakeman ..."
6. Encyclopedia of Comedy: For Professional Entertainers, Social Clubs by James Melville Janson (1899)
"Yes, he was a deaf and dump man, and he was on the track, and the depot was behind
him, and the track was on the train coming at speedful, and the brakeman ..."
7. Chronicles of Lincluden as an Abbey and as a College by William M'Dowall (1886)
"It is ordained, that what time it is seen speedful that the host light down and
array themselves, that each man light down at commandment, and no man bide ..."
8. Chronicles of Lincluden as an Abbey and as a College by William M'Dowall (1886)
"It is ordained, that what time it is seen speedful that the host light down and
array themselves, that each man light down at commandment, and no man bide ..."
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