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单词 heedfulness
释义

heedful

adjective

heed·​ful ˈhēd-fəl How to pronounce heedful (audio)
: taking heed : attentive
heedful of what they were doing
heedfully
ˈhēd-fə-lē How to pronounce heedful (audio)
adverb
heedfulness noun

Synonyms

  • alert
  • careful
  • cautious
  • chary
  • circumspect
  • conservative
  • considerate
  • gingerly
  • guarded
  • safe
  • wary
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Example Sentences

heedful of snakes, we watched our footing while walking through the tall grass to the lake's edge
Recent Examples on the Web As with recent demands to defund the police or abolish ICE amid our domestic upheavals, such calls should be heard not as literal policy prescriptions but as cries from the heart that demand heedful response. Suzanne Nossel, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Zhi-shay’ was horrified by his brother’s treatment, but also heedful of the powerful pack rules in which such cruelty is embedded. Pamela Miller, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020 McMillan initially promised to train fissile material handlers to be more heedful of plutonium-handling perils, for example, and to bring the inventory and safety documents guiding their work up to date. R. Jeffrey Smith, Science | AAAS, 30 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined above

heedfulness

noun

1
as in carefulness
a close attentiveness to avoiding danger despite their habitual heedfulness, even good drivers can get into accidents

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • carefulness
  • prudence
  • caution
  • attentiveness
  • care
  • circumspection
  • alertness
  • cautiousness
  • wariness
  • watchfulness
  • guardedness
  • vigilance
  • observance
  • chariness
  • gingerliness
  • providence
  • deliberateness
  • shrewdness
  • foresightedness
  • foresight
  • calculation
  • deliberation
  • canniness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heedlessness
  • carelessness
  • recklessness
  • brashness
  • suddenness
  • abruptness
  • hastiness
  • rashness
  • impetuousness
  • incaution
  • inconsiderateness
  • incautiousness
  • thoughtlessness
  • inconsideration
  • unwariness
  • precipitousness
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2
as in attention
strict attentiveness to what one is doing always exercises extreme heedfulness when she handles her best china

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • carefulness
  • attention
  • meticulousness
  • scrupulousness
  • conscientiousness
  • care
  • heed
  • precision
  • mindfulness
  • concentration
  • watchfulness
  • pains
  • effort
  • vigilance
  • alertness
  • observance
  • closeness
  • meticulosity
  • observation
  • advertence
  • focus
  • punctiliousness
  • exactness
  • responsibility
  • dutifulness
  • advertency
  • painstaking
  • particularity
  • irreproachability
  • irreproachableness
  • trouble
  • bother

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heedlessness
  • negligence
  • inattentiveness
  • inattention
  • inadvertence
  • inadvertency
  • inobservance
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