Changeful

Changeful
Changeful Change"ful, a. Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

His course had been changeful. --Motley. -- {Change"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Change"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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