contentful

adj
/ˈkɒn.tɛnt.fəɫ/UK/ˈkɑn.tɛnt.fəɫ/US/kənˈtɛnt.fəɫ/

Etymology

From content (“subject matter”) + -ful.

  1. derived from contentus
  2. inherited from contenten
  3. suffixed as contentful — “content + ful

Definitions

  1. Having content.

    • Indeed, it seems to me that the special character of non-conceptually contentful perceptual states entails that all perceptual states contain non-conceptual content in this essentially distinct sense[…].
    • Can one have contentful but non-conceptual thought? My guess is that we can and I take it that my guess is buttressed by our ordinary practice of talking about the behaviour of animals and pre-linguistic children.
  2. Full of contentment.

    • How contentful the whole life is of him, that neither deviseth mischief against others, nor suspects any to be contrived against himself.
    • With the setting sun sending long shadows loping ahead of them over the smooth hillocks of the downs, they came up with the lagoon; a contentful return home, with appetite brisked up by a ten-mile walk, and plenty of food to satisfy it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA