supportful
English
Etymology
Adjective
supportful (comparative more supportful, superlative most supportful)
- Providing support; supportive.
- 1990, Formulation of the 1990 Farm Bill:
- I can say that our organization is supportful of the actions on behalf of many farm groups to stop the initiatives that are being led by the current administration, to remove article 22 and article 11 at the GATT talks.
- 1994, Quality of Care in After School Programs:
- Lastly, I would like to extend my most serious gratitude to my very supportful family.
- 2013, Eric Schopler, Parent Survival Manual:
- Again his parents and supportful employment staff hit on a resourceful solution for turning the problem into a constructive activity.
- (archaic) Abounding with support.
- [1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- proud of their supportful wings
References
- “supportful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.