prayerful

[ prair-fuhl ]

adjective. sincerely believing; devoted

adjective. religious

adjective. contemplative

Word Origin & History

1620s, from prayer + -ful. Related: Prayerfully; prayerfulness.

Active, prayerful, unwearied exertion is needed for its overthrow.

Join with me, then, in prayerful outpourings that we may be found as those in bridal array.

Again Albine whispered in an ardent, prayerful voice: 'Do you love me?

We may not be eloquent or learned, but we may be prayerful and impassioned.

Let them have the prayerful sympathy of those whom they represent.

Therefore, in the most prayerful manner, this choice should be made.

Her natural temperament was serious, reflective, and prayerful.

I have written with prayerful longing because I know the lumberjacks.

I fed my crew better'n Prayerful Jones does, an' I tell him so every day.

Give the circumstances of Joseph Smith's prayerful search for truth.