youthful

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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youthful (ˈjuːθfʊl)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, possessing, or characteristic of youth
2.	fresh, vigorous, or active: he's surprisingly youthful for his age
3.	in an early stage of development: a youthful culture
4.	mature Compare old Also: young (of a river, valley, or land surface) in the early stage of the cycle of erosion, characterized by steep slopes, lack of flood plains, and V-shaped valleys

'youthfully

—*adv*

'youthfulness

—n

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Example sentences

Suggestions have been made that the complete replacement of all body parts with

more youthful components could increase longevity.

But the region's youthful tide reaches beyond politics.

Even in this era of business prodigies, his youthful success is virtually

unrivaled.

Youthful offenders must be separated from adults, as well as by custody level

and gang status.

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"As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that it's a bore."

-Henry Brooks Adams