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trustful

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trust·ful  (trstfl)
adj.
Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust.

trustful·ly adv.
trustful·ness n.

trustful [ˈtrʌstfʊl], trusting
adj
characterized by a tendency or readiness to trust others
trustfully , trustingly adv
trustfulness , trustingness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.trustfultrustful - inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall
credulous - disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"
distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
Translations
trustful [ˈtrʌstfʊ] ADJconfiado
trustful [ˈtrʌstfʊl] adjconfiant(e)
trust fund nfonds m en fidéicommis
trustful
adj look, expressionvertrauensvoll; person alsogutgläubig, arglos
trustful [ˈtrʌstfʊl] trusting [ˈtrʌstɪŋ] adjfiducioso/a
trustful [ˈtrʌstfʊl] trusting [ˈtrʌstɪŋ] adjfiducioso/a


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My gay American horizons were bathed in the vast melancholy of the Slav, patient, agnostic, trustful.
She put her nose up to him in a friendly, trustful way, while he rubbed it gently.
Nancy's lips parted abruptly, as if there were angry words all ready to come; but her eyes, resting on Pollyanna's jubilantly trustful face, saw something that prevented the words being spoken.
 
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