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eventful Definition

event·ful (ē ventfəl, i-)

adjective

  1. full of outstanding events an eventful year
  2. having an important outcome; momentous an eventful conversation

eventful Related Forms

event·fully adverb event·ful·ness noun

eventful Synonyms

eventful

modif.

eventful Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • fairly: It has been a fairly eventful year for your committee with some problems along the way, that we had to deal with.
  • pretty: We've got a pretty eventful news round-up for you this week.
  • particularly: Wales was a particularly eventful leg of the trip.
  • quite: Their first race was also quite eventful with the crews clashing down the embankment.
  • highly: With a record of having been shot down seven times during the next two years, GG's flying career was subsequently highly eventful.
  • rather: Actually, tomorrow is proving to be a rather eventful day.

Infinitive complement

say: December looks set to be eventful to say the least.

Modifies a noun

  • journey: In this update to sponsors he recounts his eventful journey on the flooded Road of Bones.
  • lap: Lap 11 was also eventful lap for Class A drivers.
  • weekend: After an eventful weekend, Hutchinson lined up on row two.
  • career: What was the most dramatic incident in his eventful career took place at the Assembly in November.
  • trip: Even case studies less eventful time field trips to.
  • evening: During the course of one eventful evening, he realizes his job is about more than just playing records.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: The run also proved more eventful than I had hoped.
  • become: The day then became very eventful, for a landslide trapped our coach!

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