heedful

  • 1Heedful — Heed ful, a. Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak. {Heed ful*ly}, adv. {Heed ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2heedful — index careful, circumspect, conscientious, conscious (aware), diligent, guarded, judicious, knowing …

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  • 3heedful — 1540s, from HEED (Cf. heed) + FUL (Cf. ful) …

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  • 4heedful — adj. (cannot stand alone) heedful of (heedful of advice) * * * [ hiːdf(ə)l] (cannot stand alone) heedful of (heedful of advice) …

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  • 5heedful — adjective 1. giving attention • Syn: ↑advertent • Similar to: ↑attentive • Derivationally related forms: ↑heedfulness, ↑advertency (for: ↑advertent …

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  • 6heedful — adjective Date: 1540 taking heed ; attentive < heedful of what they were doing > • heedfully adverb • heedfulness noun …

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  • 7heedful — heedfully, adv. heedfulness, n. /heed feuhl/, adj. taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful: She was always heedful of others needs. [1540 50; HEED + FUL] * * * …

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  • 8heedful — adjective the governor is about to deliver a statement regarding the hurricane, and it is imperative that everyone is heedful Syn: attentive, careful, mindful, cautious, prudent, circumspect; alert, aware, wary, chary, watchful, vigilant, on&#8230; …

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  • 9heedful — /ˈhidfəl/ (say heedfuhl) adjective attentive; mindful: heedful of others. –heedfully, adverb –heedfulness, noun …

  • 10heedful — heed ► VERB ▪ pay attention to. ► NOUN (usually pay (or take) heed) ▪ careful attention. DERIVATIVES heedful adjective. ORIGIN Old English …

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