eventful

adjective

event·​ful i-ˈvent-fəl How to pronounce eventful (audio)
1
: full of or rich in events
2
eventfully adverb
eventfulness noun

Examples of eventful in a Sentence

He led a short but eventful life. It was an extremely eventful period in American history.
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An eventful few days of football lie ahead as the NFL kicks off the 2025 preseason with its annual Hall of Fame Game tonight. Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 Becky Lynch, the WWE wrestler, had an eventful summer after filming and will appear in a role in the new Happy Gilmore 2 movie, a sequel to the 1996 film Happy Gilmore. Elizabeth Flores, USA Today, 25 July 2025 Stone and Parker were clearly riffing on their corporate parent’s eventful summer. Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 July 2025 Phoenix kicked off an eventful offseason by trading star power forward Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets on July 6 as part of a seven-team trade, the biggest in NBA history. Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for eventful

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of eventful was circa 1616

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“Eventful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eventful. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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eventful

adjective
event·​ful i-ˈvent-fəl How to pronounce eventful (audio)
1
: full of events
an eventful day
2
: very important : momentous
eventfully adverb
eventfulness noun

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