aimfully
English
Etymology
From aimful + -ly.
Adverb
aimfully (comparative more aimfully, superlative most aimfully)
- In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
- 1870, anonymous, “Dinner vs. Ruffles and Tucks” in Putnam’s Magazine, New Series, Volume 5, June 1870, p. 710,
- It occurred to me the other day, as I passed along the street, how rare a thing it has become to see a mother abroad with her own little ones. “She has no time,” may be the reply, “to range about in that aimless way.” But what is she doing with her time? Is it any more aimfully spent if she uses it to prepare little Miss to mince abroad alone in such fantastic guise […]
- 2000, Zakes Mda, The Heart of Redness, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002, Chapter 10, p. 230,
- He is drifting away from Zim’s homestead. Wandering aimlessly at first. To be as far away as possible from the jabbering women. Away to the sea. Aimfully. To his haunts with Qukezwa.
- 1870, anonymous, “Dinner vs. Ruffles and Tucks” in Putnam’s Magazine, New Series, Volume 5, June 1870, p. 710,
Antonyms
- aimlessly
Related terms
- aimful
References
- aimfully in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911