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changeful

American  
[cheynj-fuhl] / ˈtʃeɪndʒ fəl /

adjective

  1. full of changes; variable; inconstant.


changeful British  
/ ˈtʃeɪndʒfʊl /

adjective

  1. often changing; inconstant; variable

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Other Word Forms

  • changefully adverb
  • changefulness noun
  • unchangeful adjective
  • unchangefully adverb
  • unchangefulness noun

Etymology

Origin of changeful

First recorded in 1600–10; change + -ful

Example Sentences

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To Fatima, it’s “like an animal, changeful and anxious, ready to flee or bite.”

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

It’s this changeful quality that makes her so dramatic.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2013

The Magician rubber advertises its destructive power; the G555 is highly elastic and ideal for backhand; others boast "changeful spin" or increased stickiness.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2012

The words with which people and things are named have a changeful magic.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed to him that he would never hear again a running water so beautiful, for ever blending its innumerable notes in an endless changeful music.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien