heedfully
1
7.4
- adverb
- /ˈhidfəl/
:
atentamente
- The children played heedfully near the road, always looking both ways before crossing.
Examples
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He listened heedfully to the instructions before starting the experiment.
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To avoid mistakes, she approached the task heedfully, paying close attention to every detail.
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Ma'am, most heedfully.
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The conversation was also heedfully inclusive, taking into careful consideration the range of fields and interests represented by the entire group seated at the long dining tables.
Academic text (1999) -
Perera sat down at his desk, slipped his glasses on, and spread the scraps out before him as heedfully as his shaking hands allowed.
Fiction book (1995) -
But his staring so heedfully into the water reminded Ada of Narcissus, and to further their continuing studies of the Greeks, she told Ruby a brief version of the tale.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
978
1.0
In a way that shows attention and caution to avoid mistakes or harm
269
1.4
With careful attention to small details
9
3.0
With care and strong focus on what you see or hear
2
3.9
Carefully and with full attention to what you do
1
3.2
In a quick and watchful way that notices and reacts to things
1
3.2
In a careful way while looking for danger or sudden movement
Carefully and on purpose
Antonyms
How Attentive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heedfully comes from the old English word heed, which meant 'care' or 'attention', plus the parts -ful ('full of') and -ly ('in a way'). So, heedfully simply means doing something 'with care' or 'with close attention'.