trustful
full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.
Origin of trustful
1Other 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 ThackerayTo her sublime trustfulness he was all that goodness could be—knew all that a guide, philosopher, and friend should know.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyMoreover, the appeal seems to be to that very spirit of trustfulness which stood Him in such stead in His first encounter.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew | John Monro GibsonSo 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. HowellsHer teachableness, coming largely of her trustfulness, was indeed a remarkable point in her character.
Weighed and Wanting | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for trustful
trusting
/ (ˈtrʌstfʊl) /
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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