eveningful

plural eveningfuls · plural eveningsful

1. An amount that lasts an evening.

   There's many an hour's helpful instruction in dainty needlework, eveningsful of absorbing fiction by the great writers — dinners and luncheons, scores of them.

   1902, Life - Volume 40, page 546

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   And so it would be, if opera had evolved slowly, step by step, by a gradual expansion of the medieval ballad into a longer, more dramatic type of work, until it finally emerged as an eveningful of music for soloists, chorus, and accompanying instruments, suited to performance with scenery and costumes.

   1940, Lawrence Abbott, Approach to Music, page 205

   Of the country's more than 200 breweries, many are located in the capital, Prague. Sampling them is easy—plenty of the city's hospody (pubs) offer an eveningful of brews on tap.

   2015, Patricia Schultz, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

   But some people miss them – their castles I mean – they sit about and regret them and talk about their ancestors. Ancestors are hell's boring. I've had to sit through eveningfuls of them

   2019, Charlotte Bingham, Coronet Among the Weeds, page 22

comparative more eveningful · superlative most eveningful

1. Occurring during or designed for the evening.

   It'll be his partner for an eveningful pleasure!

   1944, House & Garden - Volumes 85-86, page 86

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   He still liked the prim eveningful place, except for the Hotel La Grande.

   1938, Woman's Home Companion - Volume 65, page 12