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formful

[ fawrm-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. displaying excellent form, especially in performing a sport.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of formful1

First recorded in 1720–30; form + -ful
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Example Sentences

“There is nothing else quite like Olmedo in the formful world of tennis,” Sports Illustrated journalist James Murray wrote in a 1959 cover story.

Come September, Lukas added: “You’re going to get a more formful field and maybe a smaller field. . . . I would be very surprised if there are 20 in the Derby.”

As a result, the field more consistently contains proven dirt routers than it did under the prior system, perhaps leading, too, to more consistent, predicable, and formful winners.

At Churchill Downs on 7 May, Nyquist became the third consecutive favorite to win the Kentucky Derby; the top four finishers crossed the wire in order of their odds, a formful finish if one that proved not particularly remunerative for bettors.

Those two matches helped kick off a formful opening day for the men, with Nicolas Mahut of France, Leonardo Mayer of Argentina and Robin Haase of the Netherlands also advancing.

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