soulful

comparative more soulful · superlative most soulful

1. Full of emotion and vigor.

   In the United States, Mr. Besson is primarily known as a superior director of stylish, mayhemic, even soulful films like “La Femme Nikita” and “Léon: The Professional.”

   2007 May 20, Jaime Wolf, “Le Cinéma du Blockbuster”, in The New York Times

2. Full of soul.

plural soulfuls · plural soulsful

1. An amount enough to fill one's soul.

   Bodiless soulsful of mud / Gurgled and settled down;

   1961, America Sings, page 122

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   At Sebago we hauled in Perch and whole soulfuls of lovely scenery.

   1958 September 28, Edwin D. Merry, “Float plane trolling”, in Flying Magazine, volume 63, number 3, page 35

   He grabbed his chin and went off to brood in a dark corner of Godel's office, then swished into space, hopping from planet to planet like someone walking off a soulful of problems.

   2008, Joseph Wechsler, Look, Ma!: Stories with Points to Ponder, page 174

   Could anyone use a strong dose of self-discipline? How about a heaping soulful of joy?

   2014, Beth Moore, Portraits of Devotion, page 304