heedful

[ heed-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful: She was always heedful of others' needs.

Origin of heedful

1
First recorded in 1540–50; heed + -ful

Other words from heedful

  • heed·ful·ly, adverb
  • heed·ful·ness, noun
  • un·heed·ful, adjective
  • un·heed·ful·ly, adverb
  • un·heed·ful·ness, noun

Words Nearby heedful

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How to use heedful in a sentence

  • 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.

  • 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