Aimfully
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Aimfully is an adverb meaning In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
Meaning
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
Example Sentences
He is drifting away from Zim’s homestead. Wandering aimlessly at first. To be as far away as possible from the jabbering women. Away to the sea. Aimfully. To his haunts with Qukezwa.
1870, anonymous, “Dinner vs. Ruffles and Tucks” in Putnam’s Magazine, New Series, Volume 5, June 1870, p. 710, It occurred to me the other day, as I passed along the street, how rare a thing it has become to see a mother abroad with her own little ones. “She has no time,” may be the reply, “to range about in that aimless way.” But what is she doing with her time? Is it any more aimfully spent if she uses it to prepare little Miss to mince abroad alone in such fantastic guise […]
Antonyms for aimfully
Common opposites include aimlessly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intentfully, purposefully, intentively, planfully, purposively, fixedly.
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