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RESOURCEFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does resourceful mean?
• RESOURCEFUL (adjective)
The adjective RESOURCEFUL has 1 sense:
1. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
Familiarity information: RESOURCEFUL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
Context example:
the most resourceful cook in town
Similar:
capable ((usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability)
Derivation:
resourcefulness (the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation)
resourcefulness (the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems)
Context examples
This criminal has not full man-brain. He is clever and cunning and resourceful; but he be not of man-stature as to brain. He be of child-brain in much.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The purpose of Uranus is to keep you (and the rest of us) alert, flexible, adaptable, and resourceful.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In the process of teaching you, he toughened you up, took you out of your comfort zone, and showed you that you were stronger, more resilient, and more resourceful about finding solutions to life’s roadblocks than you ever thought possible.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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