characterful

adjective

char·​ac·​ter·​ful ˈker-ik-tər-fəl How to pronounce characterful (audio)
ˈka-rik-
1
: markedly expressive of character
a characterful face
2
: marked by character
a characterful decision

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The middle movement of the Second Quartet, which portrays heated arguments among four friends, needed a more characterful delineation of the clashing lines. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 Cornus is in a characterful warehouse, built in 1830 for Shingleton’s Ice Company, redesigned by Day Studio. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Attentive to characterful details of accent and posture, Close plays this tender-tough old bird beautifully, resisting twinkly sentimentality while maintaining a palpably affectionate rapport with Matthews, who’s appealingly restless but not overly precocious in her screen debut. Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024 From the painstaking traditional finishes applied, to the characterful look of the enamel dial, the RRCCII maintains classical techniques whilst providing an injection of contemporary themes. Thomas Wojtowicz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for characterful 

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of characterful was in 1893

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“Characterful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/characterful. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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