heedful

[heed-fuhl]

adjective

1. taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful.

   She was always heedful of others' needs.

Other Word Forms

• heedfully adverb
• heedfulness noun
• unheedful adjective
• unheedfully adverb
• unheedfulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heedful¹

First recorded in 1540–50; heed + -ful

Example Sentences

Kai, appearing both accustomed to the attention and heedful of it, tended to end each exchange with a playful laugh and the same message: “Have fun, OK?”

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A more heedful scientist might have surveyed the Chinese data and begun preparations for tests of his own.

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In the end, perhaps heedful of Mr. Netanyahu’s warnings against bringing down one of the most right-wing governments Israel has known, a move that could have had unpredictable consequences, they backed down.

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McMillan initially promised to train fissile material handlers to be more heedful of plutonium-handling perils, for example, and to bring the inventory and safety documents guiding their work up to date.

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Even Democratic politicians became heedful of the word “stimulus,” which did not help their cause politically.

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