yawnful

[ yawn-fuhl ]

adjective

1. causing or arousing yawns, especially as the result of boredom, tedium, or the like:

   a yawnful story about her childhood.

Other Words From

• yawnful·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of yawnful¹

yawn + -ful

Example Sentences

Although he writes at yawnful length about real and imagined distortions of his positions as carried in the press, and at even greater length about what those positions really were, the charm of this book lies in Buckley's unfailing awareness of the absurdities of campaign rhetoric and rigmarole.

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