contentfuladj.
Now rare.
Full of content: (a) characterized by contentment, contented, satisfied; †(b) causing content or satisfaction, satisfying; †(c) easily contented or appeased, placable.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective]
paidc1225
well-queemc1225
well-paidc1230
apaid1297
well-apaidc1300
setea1350
pleaseda1382
contentc1400
agreed1417
well-pleased1423
well begonea1425
well-contenta1438
well-contented1461
satisfied1477
contentful1542
unrepining1559
satisfied1566
sufficed1590
contented1597
undispleased1598
perfecta1616
complacential1658
in humour1673
beneplacit1678
comfortable1770
gratified1818
wishless1820
like a possum up a gum tree1840
chuffc1860
all right1882
gruntled1938
chuffed1957
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying
payinga1500
satisfying1536
contentful1542
contenting1548
contentive1593
well-contenting1605
satiating1611
filling1626
contentsome1632
comfortable1769
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 112v That he might bee hable with a paciente and contentefull mynde, to endure banyshemente.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Contentfull, placabilis, placendus.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg6v His contentfull mansion.
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. xii. 369 To enioy the safety of their contentfull pouerty within the walls of the Cloyster.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 54 But all thats knowne to be contentfull to thee, Shall in the use prove deadly.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xi. 120 Shee was every way contentfull and pleasing unto Abraham.
1652 J. Audley Englands Common-wealth 38 Gentle and contentfull souldiers.
1663 S. Pepys Diary 10 Feb. (1971) IV. 40 After some contentful talk with my wife.
1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man v. 49 The Contentful Peace..of an honest Mind.
1863 P. Ruysdale Pilgrimage over Prairies I. 9 The first [journey] for many years that had drawn me from my contentful home.
Derivatives
† †conˈtentfully adv. Obsolete
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] > so as to content or satisfy
to a wish1390
satisfyingly1613
contentfully1665
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb]
contentedly1556
comfortably1563
satisfiedly1593
contentlya1625
unrepiningly1626
complacentially1671
contentfully1685
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Contentfullye, placabiliter.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1972) VI. 136 We spent two or three hours, talking of several matters very soberly, and contentfully to me.
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 89 For the more contentfully peracting this Tax.
† †conˈtentfulness n. Obsolete
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > quality of contenting or satisfying
satisfactoriness1642
contentfulness1665
satisfyingness1674
1665 S. Pepys Diary 24 July (1972) VI. 167 The contentfulness of our errand—and the nobleness of the company.
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