Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Attentive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Attentive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archaic attentive, listening

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From list (listen) + -ful

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Examples

  • Here it is again, just to serve as a painful reminder to myself that until I actually land a job, I am resigned to listful, lustful longing while eating halfway decent tofu pho.

    List Lust and Settling for Pho 2006

  • Here it is again, just to serve as a painful reminder to myself that until I actually land a job, I am resigned to listful, lustful longing while eating halfway decent tofu pho.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • Memorable scenes include Ornella Muti putting an oversized safety pin to some rather startling uses, and a listful cat and mouse game between Ben Gazzara and Susan Tyrrell which results in Gazarra’s arrest when you least expect it.

    World cinema classics #48 « Jahsonic 2008

  • Memorable scenes include Ornella Muti putting an oversized safety pin to some rather startling uses, and a listful cat and mouse game between Ben Gazzara and Susan Tyrrell which results in Gazarra’s arrest when you least expect it.

    11 « May « 2008 « Jahsonic 2008

  • On my To-Dine List: “Here it is again, just to serve as a painful reminder to myself that until I actually land a job, I am resigned to listful, lustful longing while eating halfway decent tofu pho.

    August - Listgeeky is the New Sexy 2006

  • On my To-Dine List: “Here it is again, just to serve as a painful reminder to myself that until I actually land a job, I am resigned to listful, lustful longing while eating halfway decent tofu pho.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Other stand-out tracks included the listful Into the Blue With Me, and the commandeering The Captain Needs A Ship.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • Other stand-out tracks included the listful Into the Blue With Me, and the commandeering The Captain Needs A Ship.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • Other stand-out tracks included the listful Into the Blue With Me, and the commandeering The Captain Needs A Ship.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • Other stand-out tracks included the listful Into the Blue With Me, and the commandeering The Captain Needs A Ship.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

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