单词 | ruleful |
释义 | rulefuladj. That accords with the correct or accepted procedure, method, or rule; governed by a rule or rules; regular. ΚΠ 1531 J. Vaus Rudimenta (new ed.) 2 Gif it be ane reulfeul verbe endand in o. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 18 Be quhat manere I be sum suir, and as be sum general and reulful way, micht discerne the treuth of the Catholik fayth fra the falset of hæretical wickitnes. 1659 E. Howet Beast 30 They rejoyce in working Righteousness, Isa. 64.5. viz. in ruleful obedience, where love to Christ is proved by keeping his Commandments. 1902 House Beautiful Jan. 105/2 Everything must be ruleful or else it could not be admitted to the select circle of what they called ‘art’. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 18 377 The conditions surrounding the transmission and reception of this culture are likely to produce behaviour which is best described as ‘ruleful’. 1984 M. Galanter Competing Equalities xiii. 444 Courts have been vigilant to insure that reservations and other special provisions are made in a ruleful manner. 2003 U. Nehmzow Mobile Robotics (ed. 2) ii. 17 The symbol grounding problem..states that behaviour, although interpretable as ruleful, does not have to be governed by symbolic rules. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1531 |
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