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EVENTFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Full of events or incidents
Example:
the most exhausting and eventful day of my life
Classified under:
Similar:
lively (filled with events or activity)
Antonym:
uneventful (marked by no noteworthy or significant events)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having important issues or results
Example:
an eventful decision
Synonyms:
consequential; eventful
Classified under:
Similar:
important; of import (of great significance or value)
Context examples:
The eventful Thursday at length came.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I begged Mr. Micawber to fill us bumpers, and proposed the toast in due form: shaking hands with him across the table, and kissing Mrs. Micawber, to commemorate that eventful occasion.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was a great augmentation of my uneasiness to be bereaved, at this eventful crisis, of the inestimable services of Miss Mills.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Walking along the street, reflecting upon the probability of something turning up (of which I am at present rather sanguine), I find a young but valued friend turn up, who is connected with the most eventful period of my life; I may say, with the turning-point of my existence.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
