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# resourceful

adjective (resourceful, more resourceful, most resourceful)

«resourceful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Good at finding quick, clever ways to deal with problems, using whatever is around. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, a resourceful character escapes or survives by being clever: Robinson Crusoe builds what he needs; in the Just So Stories the clever creatures find tricks. At school and in Scouts and Guides, being resourceful is praised. In safety, a resourceful person keeps calm and thinks.

### Examples

- The resourceful girl made a raft from barrels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#x1)
- Be resourceful: use what you have in the box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#x2)
- Robinson Crusoe was resourceful on his island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#x3)
- The resourceful Mole found the door scraper in the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#x4)
- Without a ruler, the resourceful boy measured with a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#x5)
- Our resourceful teacher made a game from bottle tops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/#x6)

### Note

Noun: resourcefulness. From «resource» (something useful you can draw on).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «resourceful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resourceful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resourceful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/resourceful.html) on Mova free.