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youthful

[ yooth-fuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

characterized by youth; young.
of, relating to, or befitting youth:
youthful enthusiasm.
having the appearance, freshness, vigor, etc., of youth:
She is 60 but her optimism has kept her youthful.
in an early period of existence; early in time.
Physical Geography. (of topographical features) having undergone erosion to a slight extent only.

youthful

/ ˈjuːθfʊl /

of, relating to, possessing, or characteristic of youth
fresh, vigorous, or active
he's surprisingly youthful for his age
in an early stage of development
a youthful culture
Alsoyoung (of a river, valley, or land surface) in the early stage of the cycle of erosion, characterized by steep slopes, lack of flood plains, and V-shaped valleys Compare mature old

First recorded in 1555–65; youth + -ful

Julio Cardenas, 25 and an MC from the group RCA, was older but with a youthful smile that hid the harsher sides of Cuban life.

John Paul was youthful in his sixties with a radiant charisma.

I agree with you, but the youthful energy in the libertarian movement foresees a tipping point.

Imagine if you were doomed forever to live inside a youthful mistake.

This was before Cassidy entered politics, and the Republican congressman now calls that donation a “youthful indiscretion.”

For this reason the story of Yung Pak's youthful days may be the more interesting to his Western cousins.

Her youthful vanity had its way in a mind too speculative, intelligent, observant, merely to be shocked.

Much older than I he had long since passed through these youthful phases.

The handsome person and gallant bearing of the youthful knight excited general sympathy and regret.

Her real bitterness taught me what a purely youthful symptom mine had been, and she was rather a clever girl, often entertaining.

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