ruleful

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adjective

Based on rules.

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Meanings

adjectiveruleful (comparative more ruleful, superlative most ruleful)

comparative more ruleful · superlative most ruleful

  1. Based on rules.

    Dream psychology badly needs a "scientific" (ruleful, reliable) way of identifying and determining the interrelatedness of those associative and motivational structures […]

    1978, David Foulkes, A grammar of dreams, page 320

Origin

From rule + -ful.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lureful
Cite this entry
APA

ruleful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruleful

MLA

“ruleful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruleful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruleful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruleful.

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