† tendableadj.
Obsolete.
Ready to give attention; attentive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective]
carefulc1050
soignous1340
mindfula1382
tentivec1386
presentc1395
attendant1432
tendable?c1450
advicefulc1454
thoughtyc1480
neara1500
respective1525
heedful1548
heedy1548
prick-eared?1550
attendable1552
attentive1577
tentible1603
observative1609
unpreoccupied1643
advertent1646
presential1652
inspectivea1684
tent1789
attentful-
?c1450 [see tendably adv. at Derivatives].
1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. xxvii Vnto our souerayne be meke and tendable.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 327/1 Tendable, as one that dothe wayte well..ententif.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vi. f. xli Good sad honest vertuouse wydos, that wolde be tendable & tendre to syke folke.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Preamble f. v Let euery person be tendable about them [sc. physicians] and do as they shall commaund them.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 180 Wherein shee is very tendable, and handy.
Derivatives
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adverb]
carefullya1000
wellOE
sharplyc1055
tentivelya1375
viselyc1380
mindfullya1382
attentively1382
tentily?a1400
tentlya1400
intentfullyc1410
tendably?c1450
advisedly1481
heedely1548
respectively1556
heedfully1561
attently1562
gardantly1574
heedily1577
markinglya1586
regardfully1600
regardively1602
intensively1637
cautionarily1758
observantly1817
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adverb]
tendably?c1450
protectingly1828
nursingly1865
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 312 Eche of them schal enforme suche as be assygned to them..charitably and tendably.
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adj.?c1450