Meaning of formful | Babel Free
Definitions
- creative; imaginative;
- Not formless; having a form; substantive.
- Well formed; aesthetically pleasing and skillfully constructed.
- Exhibiting proper and skillful performance; well-executed.
Examples
“As fleets the vision o'er the formful brain”
“Fearless, with face⟳ oblique, her formful hand Flies o'er the ivory Plain, with stretch'd command; Plunges, with bold neglect⟳, amidst the keys, And sweeps the sounding range with magic east.”
“Creation is at root a process⟳ of rendering formful and substantial ("filled") what was originally amorphous and empty, of establishing domains and their appropriate populace.”
“How one can say⟳ that - God is only formful.”
“Out of the formless the formful has come⟳ into being.”
“Potters are craftworkers; that is, they use⟳ their hands to make⟳ objects for everyday use⟳ that need⟳ to have⟳ form⟳ and design⟳ as an integral part of their being. To be able to do this potters need⟳ a certain ability, not only of the hands (as most might think⟳) but especially a capacity to see⟳ what is formful, beautiful, characteristic and so on.”
“We are all often indignant, and sometimes witty about our indignations, but we do not thereby turn⟳ satirists. For it is not only the anger and the involvement, the idealism and the wit, but the manipulations of them, how they are turned to formful, organic use⟳ that constitute the satric art.”
“If we must guard against the notions of form⟳, coherence or justifying too narrowly, in terms of what is generally praised as “harmony” and “balance,” we must equally avoid⟳ interpreting them so broadly that everything whatever is “formful” simply because it has parts in relation to one another.”
“The number⟳ of winning favorites is one of the best indications of formful racing.”
“Pitchers: Grip, receiving signals on mound, working with a wind-up, working from stretch⟳ position, formful delivery and follow⟳ through, holding runner close⟳, strategy, working on control⟳ by pitching through the strings.”
“If your finish⟳ position is sound⟳, balanced, and formful, then the mechanics necessary to give⟳ you that result⟳ had to occur⟳!”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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