noun
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
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his attentiveness to her wishes
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he spends without heed to the consequences
• Syn: ↑attentiveness, ↑heed, ↑regard
• Ant: ↑inattentiveness (for: ↑attentiveness)
• Hyponyms: ↑advertence, ↑advertency
• Attrubites: ↑heedless, ↑unheeding, ↑heedful, ↑attentive, ↑thoughtful
adjective
taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
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heedful of the warnings
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so heedful a writer
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heedful of what they were doing
• Syn: ↑heedful, ↑attentive, ↑thoughtful
• Derivationally related forms: ↑thoughtfulness (for: ↑thoughtful), ↑attend (for: ↑attentive), ↑attentiveness (for: ↑attentive), ↑heedfulness (for: ↑heedful)
• Attrubites: ↑attentiveness, ↑heed, ↑regard
Useful english dictionary. 2012.