meaningful
[mee-ning-fuh l]
- full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
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Origin of meaningful
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relevantusefulworthwhilevalidpurposefulsubstantialconsequentialseriousessentialimportantbigclearconciseconsiderabledeepeloquentexactexplicitexpressiveheavyExamples from the Web for meaningful
Contemporary Examples
Carla points out how meaningful it can be to have people in your life who simply understand what you're going through.
If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
He posted on Facebook about wanting to do something “right” and meaningful.
Yet meaningful negotiations to free the hostages have failed to get off the ground.
The second pitfall is that Tendulkar has given the reader little of what should be a gripping, meaningful story of his life.
Historical Examples
They are meaningful only in conjunction with motivations characteristic of this age.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
The quietness, profound and meaningful, yet further calms our spirit.
The Heart of NatureFrancis Younghusband
On the other hand, it is too stern and meaningful a happening to be forgotten.
A perfect duplication of an original was the original, in every meaningful way.
Instant of DecisionGordon Randall Garrett
Unobserved by the speaker Weir and Johnson exchanged a meaningful look.
In the Shadow of the HillsGeorge C. Shedd
meaningful
- having great meaning or validity
- eloquent, expressivea meaningful silence
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Word Origin and History for meaningful
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