Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of trust; confiding: as, a person of a trustful disposition.
- Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of trust; trusting.
- adjective Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Trusting or willing totrust .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
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A different angle, quite emotional n make the bread quite "trustful".
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"I'm trustful that the Met will find a good conductor," Mr. Pape said.
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They delight in getting trustful-souled gentle reformers before them.
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Mr. Batchelor: Ideally what you want between management, labor and the city is open and trustful relationships.
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It silences the mental noise, enabling the nurture of a quiet, trustful heart instead.
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To tell you the truth, I'm not really trustful that we will succeed, because the US will veto it, said Abu Ahmed.
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The dodo bird was in the main page of Desciclopédia, the Portuguese version of Uncyclopedia (a funny, and not trustful for sure, version of Wikipedia).
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bilby commented on the word trustful
"The fact seemed an additional appeal to his pity: such innocence was as moving as the trustful clasp of a child. Then he remembered the passionate generosity latent under that incurious calm."
- Edith Wharton, 'The Age of Innocence'.
September 20, 2009