trustful

[ truhst-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.

Origin of trustful

1
First recorded in 1570–80; trust + -ful

Other words from trustful

  • trust·ful·ly, adverb
  • trust·ful·ness, noun
  • o·ver·trust·ful, adjective
  • o·ver·trust·ful·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·trust·ful·ness, noun
  • un·trust·ful, adjective
  • un·trust·ful·ly, adverb

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How to use trustful in a sentence

  • There is humility in that simple, quaint present; trustfulness and kind intention.

    Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • To her sublime trustfulness he was all that goodness could be—knew all that a guide, philosopher, and friend should know.

  • Moreover, the appeal seems to be to that very spirit of trustfulness which stood Him in such stead in His first encounter.

  • So far as Pinney could make out it was friendly enough, and as their talk went on he imagined a growing trustfulness in it.

    The Quality of Mercy | W. D. Howells
  • Her teachableness, coming largely of her trustfulness, was indeed a remarkable point in her character.

    Weighed and Wanting | George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for trustful

trustful

trusting

/ (ˈtrʌstfʊl) /


adjective
  1. characterized by a tendency or readiness to trust others

Derived forms of trustful

  • trustfully or trustingly, adverb
  • trustfulness or trustingness, noun

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