heedful

[ heed-fuhl ]

/ ˈhid fəl /

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adjective

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

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Origin of heedful

First recorded in 1540–50; heed + -ful

heed·ful·ly, adverbheed·ful·ness, nounun·heed·ful, adjectiveun·heed·ful·ly, adverb

un·heed·ful·ness, noun

Mrs. Wemmick, more heedful of the future, put her white gloves in her pocket and assumed her green.
Great Expectations|Charles Dickens
And in good sooth I thank thee for thy heedful care of me, and wish I were better worth it.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
Of these she had already shown herself sufficiently heedful and solicitous.
The Lily and the Totem|William Gilmore Simms
When ye settled up accounts with thet outfit, ye kain't skeercely be too heedful.
A Pagan of the Hills|Charles Neville Buck

It is because these poets have been more heedful than we to the never-ending shadow.
The Treasure of the Humble|Maurice Maeterlinck