thoughtfulnessn.

1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) f. 73^v The Lord putteth heere .iij. kinds of thorns, which doo choke the heuenly seede:..as are thoughtfulnesse or cares of this world, and ryches.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 113 The scripture calleth vpon vs to lay away..all thoughtfulnesse for this present life.

1613 G. Markham Second Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 32^v Leauing him, in the trouble of his owne passionate thoughtfulnesse, let mee returne to the vertuous Princesse; who, with a griefe nothing inferiour to the distressed Sheepheard.., so spent the calme season of the quiet night.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. vi. 27 Your selftroubling distrustful care and thoughtfulness.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxix. 418 If he but sees the least Thoughtfulness upon my Brow, studying..to dispel it.

1747 D. Garrick Miss in her Teens i. ii. 8 Tag. She's so melancholy, Madam, I don't know what's come to her of late. Aunt. The Thoughtfulness that is natural upon the Approach of Matrimony.

1594 L. Lewkenor tr. O. de la Marche Resolued Gentleman f. 1 In the declining season both of the yeere and of my age,..my thoughtfulnes did of a sodayne waken & reuiue my slumbring memorie.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 286 She for a while held her eyes fix'd on me, and after a long thoughtfulnesse, Wretch (said she) with what torture should not I punish thy disobedience?

1697 G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemblies Ded. These are the men that I wou'd awaken into sober thoughtfulness.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvi. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 534 Herod was silent, and in great thoughtfulness.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 66 She walk'd..with the slow, short-measur'd step of thoughtfulness.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. vi. 119 The honest burghers smoked their pipes in profound thoughtfulness.

1837 F. M. Trollope Vicar of Wrexhill I. xv. 302 Beautiful she was, perhaps more beautiful than ever; but a sad and sombre thoughtfulness had settled itself on her young brow.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter III. 101 A countenaunce as mysterious in its solemn thoughtfulness as the head of Memnon.

1921 G. L. Burton in O. A. Rothert Story of Poet xiii. 447 If you had looked deep enough into his eyes, you might have found there thoughtfulness and imagination, the gift of vision.

1989 Feminist Stud. 15 489 She pauses—there is worry, depression, thoughtfulness here.

2000 A. Shanks God & Modernity i. 5 Those who have been shaken, especially by the experience of great historic trauma,..into a genuinely open-minded thoughtfulness. This is not the thoughtfulness of scholarly expertise.

1813 T. Moore Let. (1964) I. 304 His thoughtfulness about me indeed remained to the last.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1861) 2nd Ser. 231 Unselfish thoughtfulness about others' comforts, not her own.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. iv. 89 Reared in tender thoughtfulness to the poor.

1901 M. Halstead Illustrious Life William McKinley ix. 151 It was his lovable nature, his thoughtfulness for others, his consideration of their feelings, and his constant desire to aid others, that made him loved.

1930 R. A. Jones in F. J. C. Hearnshaw Social & Polit. Ideas of Some Great French Thinkers 81 One of the mildest princes ever seen, a very pattern of charity, devotion, and thoughtfulness.

1975 H. Oka How to wrap Five More Eggs 209/1 The thoughtfulness and care that go into traditional Japanese packaging seem somehow epitomized in this small paulownia-wood box from a shop in Tokyo.

2003 P. Farrell How to be Own Therapist ii. vi. 92 Some parents just don't have any sense—or thoughtfulness about others—bringing their kids to the market at this time of day.