planful

American  

[plan-fuhl] / ˈplæn fəl /

adjective

1. proceeding by making and following a plan; organized and deliberate or intentional.

2. tending to act in a strategic, calculating, methodical, or crafty way.

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Other Word Forms

• planfully adverb
• planfulness noun

Example Sentences

"Our findings lend support to the skin-deep resilience hypothesis for minority youth at this developmental stage. Early adolescents with high executive function that were residing in disadvantaged neighborhoods seemed to be doing really well with indices of behavioral adjustment over time, but their planful, regulated efforts may be taking a toll on their body," Barton said.

From Science Daily

“There was no urgency to change the mask guidance. That should have been done in a more planful way,” Frieden continued, adding: “I haven’t said that on the record before.”

From Washington Post

"Being psychotic, it does not mean you are not intelligent, nor that you cannot act in a planful way," she says.

From BBC

Adults are much more likely than teenagers to actually kill themselves, in part because they have easier access to more lethal means such as guns and because they are more planful and less impulsive.

From Scientific American

“What we’re actually describing is a much more planful and intentional process than has often been portrayed,” answered council member Steve Fletcher, a co-author of the proposal.

From Washington Times