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heedful

[ heed-fuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful:
She was always heedful of others' needs.

Origin of heedful¹

First recorded in 1540–50; heed + -ful

Mrs. Wemmick, more heedful of the future, put her white gloves in her pocket and assumed her green.

And in good sooth I thank thee for thy heedful care of me, and wish I were better worth it.

Of these she had already shown herself sufficiently heedful and solicitous.

When ye settled up accounts with thet outfit, ye kain't skeercely be too heedful.

It is because these poets have been more heedful than we to the never-ending shadow.

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