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trustful

[ truhst-fuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding:
a trustful friend.

trustful

/ ˈtrʌstfʊl /

First recorded in 1570–80; trust + -ful

The question, startling as it may be, especially to trustful readers of uncritical laudations, may no longer be avoided.

Many a time have I seen these interesting little missives being let down past my balcony—how trustful the innocents were!

Montagu said nothing, but Eric understood full well the trustful kindness of his pressure of the hand.

It may be set down to the credit both of Dick and of Jack that between them there existed a friendship so close and so trustful.

Love, protective and elevating on the one side, must be met with love, confiding and trustful on the other.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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