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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of changeful

First recorded in 1600–10; change + -ful

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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

Perhaps our fictional aunts vary so much because of their changeful allegiances in the family.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2021

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

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

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