characterful
adjective
char·ac·ter·ful
ˈker-ik-tər-fəl 
ˈka-rik-
1
: markedly expressive of character
a characterful face
2
: marked by character
a characterful decision
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Courtesy of Chewton Glenn Stay longer For longer stays in or around Southampton, the intimate 12-room Pig in the Wall is a characterful bolthole set within the medieval walls that surrounded the city back in the 1200s.
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Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 3 June 2025
It may be generally dismissed as trivial, but Bernstein conducted it with characterful nostalgia and Dudamel has found in it vibrant new spirit.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
The veteran mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe appears in the small but characterful role of the nanny Filippyevna, and the 31-year-old conductor Timur Zangiev makes his Met debut leading one of opera’s most sumptuous, gripping scores.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Nothing else changes, though; the optics carry over, so the lens renders the same sharp photos with characterful background blur as before.
—PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
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Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 3 June 2025
It may be generally dismissed as trivial, but Bernstein conducted it with characterful nostalgia and Dudamel has found in it vibrant new spirit.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
The veteran mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe appears in the small but characterful role of the nanny Filippyevna, and the 31-year-old conductor Timur Zangiev makes his Met debut leading one of opera’s most sumptuous, gripping scores.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Nothing else changes, though; the optics carry over, so the lens renders the same sharp photos with characterful background blur as before.
—PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Characterful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/characterful. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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