- 1serious and important a meaningful relationship/discussion/experience
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- 2(less frequent meaning) intended to communicate or express something to someone, without any words being spoken She gave me a meaningful look.
- 3having a meaning that is easy to understand These statistics are not very meaningful.
NAmE//ˈminɪŋfəli//
adverb noun [uncountable]See meaningful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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