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heedfulness

  • a word derived from heed.
    heed
    verb (used with object)
    to give careful attention to.
  • a word derived from heedful.
    heedful
    adjective
    taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful.

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Such heedfulness may be one of the things that Americans would like most from the U.S. banking system.

From Time Magazine Archive

We must ever keep this in mind, and from hour to hour we must develop our heedfulness, our love and affection, our sagacity and magnanimity.

From Bahíyyih Khánum by Baha'i World Centre

We have sweetness without strength, and strength without gentleness, and truth spoken without love, and words of passionate zeal without accuracy and heedfulness.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay

Giving up lust and wrath and pride, the king should, acting with heedfulness, continually watch for the laches of his foes.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

So that she was active and expeditious without being noisy, frank enough, but with self-command and heedfulness.

From The Bridal March; One Day by Edmund Gosse