driftfulness

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noun

The state, quality, or condition of being driftful.

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Meanings

noundriftfulness (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe state, quality, or condition of being driftful.

    I have lived in fear of his driftfulness. I too ran from Kansas to Minnesota to Texas and back, starting out sometimes not knowing where.

    2007, Anthony B. Pinn, Gregory Colleton, Life Sentences
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    […] there's always another agent available there in the same room or across the bed sufficiently endowed with the capacities for thought, speech, and action to validate the vast driftfulness one or the other of them at most moments feels impending.

    1998, Steve Fagin, Talkin' with Your Mouth Full

Origin

From driftful + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

driftfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftfulness

MLA

“driftfulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftfulness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driftfulness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftfulness.

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