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Definition of Swayful
1. a. Able to sway.
Definition of Swayful
1. Adjective. Able to sway; swaying. ¹
2. Adjective. Full of sway or influence; influential; powerful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swayful
1. capable of influencing [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swayful
Literary usage of Swayful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Where Cytherea's swayful power Is worshipp'd in the reedy bower. ... SWayful (swa'ful),
a. [< sway + -ful.'] Able to sway; swaying; powerful. [Bare. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Arcadius, well disposed but indolent, was under the rule of a willful woman; and
when Chrysostom turned his swayful voice against her pet vanities, ..."
3. Personal and Political Ballads by Frank Moore (1864)
"By lordship saved the storm-struck towering realm, Righting beneath thy swayful
true command. SCOTT. Winfield thy prophet-parents called ..."
4. Personal and political ballads, arranged and ed. by F. Moore by Frank Moore (1864)
"By lordship saved the storm-struck towering realm, Righting beneath thy swayful
true command. SCOTT. Winfield thy prophet-parents called thec, Scott; ..."
5. Brief Outline of an Analysis of the Human Intellect: Intended to Rectify the by James Rush (1865)
"He has experimented on all the materials embraced by human ' reason' and passion,
and on the swayful motives of punishment and reward, both here and ..."
6. The Charter Oak: And Other Poems by John Jay Adams (1839)
"How o'er the land, " from Indus to the pole," Her arts prevail, her language
swayful speaks, Awhile religion — from her altars kindled — Doth from a ..."
7. The Charter Oak: And Other Poems by John Jay Adams (1839)
"How o'er the land, " from Indus to the pole," Her arts prevail, her language
swayful speaks, Awhile religion — from her altars kindled — Doth from a ..."
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