† howfulhoughfuladj.
Obsolete.
Careful; anxious, sorrowful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective]
busyOE
howful970
carefulOE
angerful?c1225
yemelichc1275
thoughtfulc1300
anguishousc1325
curiousc1400
carkfulc1449
solicitate?a1475
solicit?1526
fearful1535
anxious1548
carking1567
solicitous1570
solicitudinousa1682
thoughted1869
uptight1934
970 in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. Ævi Sax. 240 Hohful embe ðæt hu ic his lof araere.
a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) ix. 43 Æmtig wamb & gyrla hohfull.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8953 Ne þatt me birrþ beon hoȝhefull. Abutenn hise þingess?
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1292 Þe nihtegale sat and sihte And hohful was.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb]
welleOE
carefullya1000
wiselyc1000
redelya1250
cherelya1375
tentivelya1375
viselyc1380
curiouslya1382
namelya1382
smartlya1400
tentily?a1400
dearlyc1400
diligentlyc1400
preciously?a1425
listly?a1513
charely1545
heedely1548
accurately1549
respectively1556
heedfully1561
howfully1565
charily1577
heedily1577
charya1593
solicitously1618
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adverb]
carefullya1000
busilya1393
howfully1565
carkingly1611
solicitously1618
anxiously1629
1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 6 What is more howfully to be sought for, more charely to be kept?
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adj.970