ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wristful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Wristful is a noun meaning A quantity worn on or covering one wrist.

Meaning

A quantity worn on or covering one wrist.

More Meanings

  1. The amount that can be released by a movement of the wrist
  2. The amount that can be taken from a wrist.

Example Sentences

Each child begins with a wristful of rubber bands.
Every gesture of her hands flashed wristsful of sapphires
Mopsus, is there purpose in the pulse one gathers wristful by wristful?
His main customer is known as Rat, a lean, darting, reddish man with a sniff of what could be an Irish accent and a wristful of watches.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wristband, wristwear, wristlet, wristwatch, cuff, wristguard.

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