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Lookful

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(rare) Looking carefully; observant..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (rare) Looking carefully; observant.
  2. Attractive; nice to look at.
  3. As much as can be seen in one look.

Example Sentences

Then immediately were my shape and my mental-faculties distored, and horn-furnished, as ye see, I with frantic speed, by the sharp-mouthed gadfly stung, rushed to the thirst-assuaging stream of Cenchréa, and the fountain of Lérna—whilst the Earth-born herdsman Argos, zealous in anger, followed me, lookful on my steps with many eyes.
The lookful page is watching with its seeds of extra time; as a mother sowed the cosmos, so the page — as a shadow sews a pocket.
His girls on this occasion look no more lookful than those in the average musical show.
Quickly on the trapdoor, so that his despairing blindfold, nuzzling the new room avidly for a last lookful of life, might not through linen see one detail.

Synonyms for lookful

Antonyms for lookful

Related Words

regardfulregardantreckfulbeady-eyedsearchfulglancefulsearchysharpcuriousvigilantleerylistfulbeadynicepensivequestfulquick-sightedconsiderativeclear-eyedreflecting

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What does lookful mean?

Lookful means (rare) Looking carefully; observant..

What is a synonym for lookful?

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What is the opposite of lookful?

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How do you use lookful in a sentence?

Then immediately were my shape and my mental-faculties distored, and horn-furnished, as ye see, I with frantic speed, by the sharp-mouthed gadfly stung, rushed to the thirst-assuaging stream of Cenchréa, and the fountain of Lérna—whilst the Earth-born herdsman Argos, zealous in anger, followed me, lookful on my steps with many eyes.

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