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ˈthoughtfulness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being thoughtful.
†1. Anxiety, concern, melancholy. Obs.
1574tr. Marlorat's Apocalips 113 The scripture calleth vpon vs to lay away..all thoughtfulnesse for this present life. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. vi. 27 Your selftroubling distrustful care and thoughtfulness. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 418 If he but sees the least Thoughtfulness upon my Brow, studying..to dispel it.
2. Meditativeness, pensiveness; reflectiveness; considerateness.
1697G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemb. Ded., These are the men that I wou'd awaken into sober thoughtfulness. 1737Whiston Josephus, Antiq. xvi. ix, Herod was silent and in great thoughtfulness. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. 85 The honest burghers smoked their pipes in profound thoughtfulness. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. III. 101 A countenaunce as mysterious in its solemn thoughtfulness as the head of Memnon. 1880‘Ouida’ Moths II. iv. 89 Reared in tender thoughtfulness to the poor. |