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mindfully

mindfully

2 3.9
Carefully and with full attention to what you do
  • adverb
  • /ˈmaɪndfəlɪ/
translation icon : conscientemente
  • I started eating more mindfully after that week of food journaling.
  • attend mindfully
  • help society mindfully

Do one thing, do it mindfully and do it well.

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Examples

  • We want to attend mindfully in order to reawaken the sensory awareness and presence.

  • "Now mindfully attend to your finger, and that means notice different things about it," she instructed.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Do one thing, do it mindfully and do it well.

  • And all we did in the retreat was learning how to walk mindfully, how to eat mindfully, and how to breathe mindfully.

  • Once you've experienced the increased pleasure from eating mindfully, you may be motivated to become more mindful during other activities too.

    Blog text (1)
  • Poetic consciousness helps us attend mindfully to the beauty, courage, and wisdom available in everyday life.

    Academic text (2016)
  • I do push beyond those limits, but mindfully, not just picking a random mileage goal and ignoring the body's signals.

    Blog text (20)
  • The art of Japanese flower arranging, Ikebana, involves a process of mindfully and patiently letting the whole emerge.

    Academic text (1998)
  • When practicing yoga, it is important to move mindfully to avoid injury and enhance your experience.

  • To reduce stress, try to listen mindfully to your surroundings and take deep breaths.

Synonyms

carefully
vsmindfully
978 1.0

In a way that shows attention and caution to avoid mistakes or harm

adds intentional awareness and thoughtful purpose to practical care
deliberately
vsmindfully
320 3.7

To do something on purpose and with care

emphasizes mindful attention as well as deliberate choice
intentionally
vsmindfully
155 3.1

In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident

adds careful attention and present awareness to that decision
consciously
vsmindfully
89 3.7

On purpose while fully aware of what you are doing

is about careful attention combined with deliberate purpose
knowingly
vsmindfully
76 3.9

In a way that shows you know and do it on purpose

brings in attentive, careful awareness alongside that knowledge
purposely
vsmindfully
72 3.5

To do something on purpose

includes focused attention and conscious choice toward that goal
intently
vsmindfully
48 3.1

A person looks or listens with full attention

combines that focus with careful, intentional awareness of actions
thoughtfully
vsmindfully
43 3.7

In a careful way that shows you pay attention before deciding

combines that thought with deliberate present awareness and purpose
meticulously
vsmindfully
32 8.3

With great care and close attention to small details

brings deliberate present awareness and purposeful choice to precision
purposefully
vsmindfully
31 3.9

To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal

adds deliberate present awareness and careful attention to determination
attentively
vsmindfully
9 3.0

With care and strong focus on what you see or hear

adds deliberate intention and full present awareness to that focus
studiously
vsmindfully
6 5.0

To do something carefully and with full attention while learning

extends that effort with conscious awareness and deliberate intent
assiduously
vsmindfully
5 7.7

To do something carefully and with steady effort

adds conscious present awareness and intentional purpose to effort
conscientiously
vsmindfully
5 5.4

To do something carefully because you feel responsible

adds conscious present awareness and intentional care to duty
wittingly
vsmindfully
4 7.5

In a way that shows you know what you are doing

adds careful, present attention to that full knowledge
heedfully
vsmindfully
1 7.4

Carefully and with close attention

adds conscious, present awareness and deliberate purpose to caution
advertently
vsmindfully
  • Formal
8.2

Carefully and on purpose

stresses present awareness and deliberate choice beyond care
observantly
vsmindfully
4.9

In a careful way that notices small details

includes purposeful awareness and careful intention beyond just noticing

Antonyms

20 1.0

In a way that you do something without thinking or paying attention

In a way that shows no attention to what is happening

In a careless way without thinking

How Mindful

deliberately
320 3.7
mindfully
2 3.9
attentively
9 3.0
casually
103 2.5
carelessly
20 1.0

Surface Forms

mindfully positive

Morphology

mindfully = mindful (transparent) = mind + ful + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'mindful', producing a straightforward adverb meaning 'in an attentive manner'.

Etymology

The word mindfully comes from the simple word mind, which means 'to think' or 'notice', plus the part -ful meaning 'full of' and -ly meaning 'in this way'. So to act mindfully is to do something 'full of mind' — that is, with careful attention and intention.