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senseful

American  
[sens-fuhl] / ˈsɛns fəl /

adjective

  1. full of reasonable sense; sound; judicious.

Etymology

Origin of senseful

First recorded in 1585–95; sense + -ful

Example Sentences

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It is not like that of the printer, who, from a chaotic heap of seemingly unmeaning lead, draws out letter after letter, and so disposes them that they shall make senseful and even brilliant lines.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Compare this sixth section with the manful, senseful, irrebuttable fourth section—a folio volume in a single paragraph!

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

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