planful
Americanadjective
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proceeding by making and following a plan; organized and deliberate or intentional.
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tending to act in a strategic, calculating, methodical, or crafty way.
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“If you’re a very thoughtful, planful person in life, you’ll approach death the same way.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Being psychotic, it does not mean you are not intelligent, nor that you cannot act in a planful way," she says.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2021
The disposition to be planful and strategic: The drive to set goals, to make and execute plans, to envision outcomes; alertness to lack of direction; the ability to formulate goals and plans.
From Time ● Sep. 24, 2015
If intelligent and planful, there must be personality.
From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren
Given simple ``Construction Tests'' which required the planful handling of concrete material, Adolf proceeded unintelligently.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by William Healy
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