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Dictionary Results For "thoughtful" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

From thought + -ful

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
:Most thoughtful people eventually solve the puzzle.
Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
:Preparing dinner is a thoughtful gesture for a new mother.

Derived terms

thoughtfully

Translations

Finnish: huomaavainen

French: attentionné

ang:thoughtful fr:thoughtful io:thoughtful it:thoughtful hu:thoughtful ja:thoughtful fi:thoughtful ta:thoughtful te:thoughtful vi:thoughtful

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thoughtful \Thought"ful\, a.
1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative;
as, a man of thoughtful mind.
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War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.
--Pope.
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2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the
mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain;
thoughtful in seeking truth. --Glanvill.
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3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned.
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Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear,
And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care.
--Prior.
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Syn: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive;
careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet.

Usage: Thoughtful, Considerate. He who is habitually
thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true
interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and
guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful
by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually
be guarded against serious mistakes. "He who is
thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is
considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his
duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person
to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is
the recommendation of a confidential person to be
considerate, as he has often to judge according to his
own discretion." --Crabb.
[1913 Webster] -- Thought"ful*ly, adv. --
Thought"ful*ness, n.
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WordNet thoughtful
adj 1: having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
2: exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a
thoughtful paper" [ant: thoughtless]
3: acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible
young man" [syn: sensible]
4: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful
of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what
they were doing" [syn: heedful, attentive] [ant: heedless]
5: showing consideration and anticipation of needs; "it was
thoughtful of you to bring flowers"; "a neighbor showed
thoughtful attention" [syn: kind]

Moby Dictionary
accommodating , accommodative , affable , agreeable , analytical ,
attentive , brainy , brooding , calculating , careful , caring ,
cautious , charitable , circumspect , civil , cogitative , cognitive ,
compassionate , complaisant , concentrating , concentrative ,
conceptive , conceptual , conceptualized , considerate , contemplating ,
contemplative , courteous , curious , decorous , deep , deferential ,
deliberating , deliberative , delicate , demure , discreet ,
discriminating , discriminative , earnest , engrossed , enlightened ,
excogitating , fair , formal , frowning , graceful , gracious , grave ,
grim , grim-faced , grim-visaged , heedful , helpful , ideative ,
indulgent , intellectual , introspective , judgmatic , judicial ,
judicious , kind , kindly , lenient , logical , long-faced , loving ,
meditating , meditative , melancholy , mental , mindful ,
mindful of others , museful , musing , noetic , obliging , pensive ,
polite , politic , pondering , prehensive , provident , prudent ,
prudential , rapt , rational , reflecting , reflective , regardful ,
respectful , ruminant , ruminating , ruminative , sedate , serious ,
sober , sober-minded , sobersided , solemn , solicitous , somber ,
speculative , staid , stone-faced , straight-faced , studious ,
sympathetic , tactful , tender , thinking , thought , tolerant ,
unsmiling , unthoughtful , urbane , wary , weighty , well-advised ,
well-judged , wistful