Considerate
[kən'sɪd(ə)rət] or [kənˈsɪdərɪt]
Definition
(adj.) showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; 'friends considerate enough to leave us alone' .
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Definition
(a.) Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other.
(a.) Having respect to; regardful.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Thoughtful, deliberate, serious, discreet, prudent, provident, circumspect, judicious, sober, staid.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Thoughtful, attentive, forbearing, unselfish, judicious, serious, prudent,circumspect, reflective, careful, cautious
ANT:Thoughtless, inconsiderate, inattentive, rude, overbearing, selfish,injudicious, rash, careless
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Examples
- Before I could leave the room in my turn, Miss Rachel, always considerate to the old servant who had been in the house when she was born, stopped me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, worldly, blinded nature? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And you needn't, says Mr. Bucket in a considerate and private voice, you needn't commit yourself to too low a figure, governor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You're considerate, indeed, sir. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He is of course a very considerate and a very good man, Mr Eugene Wrayburn. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Franklin is very kind and considerate. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To be thoughtful, considerate, means to heed the claims of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is considerate and right to avoid doing so. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I thanked her for her considerate choice, and as I really felt fatigued with my long journey, expressed my readiness to retire. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Unless I am more considerate to ignorance, more forbearing to suffering, than I have hitherto been, I shall scorn myself as grossly unjust. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, knowing your considerate character and general wish to oblige, I will repeat that I should prefer your being in the Bench. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The excellent and considerate feelings which prompted Mr. Winkle to take this step can never be too highly appreciated or too warmly extolled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I still think it would have been much more sensible and nice of you if you'd trotted back up the road while the train went by, and been considerate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No more would Sir John, nor my daughters, for they are all very thoughtful and considerate; especially if I give them a hint, as I certainly will. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She had the very considerate thought of saving my eyes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Adrian was more benign, more considerate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her father-in-law was extremely kind and considerate, Caddy told me, and they lived most happily together. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yet I am sure they are both so considerate, good-humoured, and reasonable, that he might spare them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I felt she was not one to be led an inch by her feelings: grave and considerate, she gazedconsulting her judgment and studying my narrative. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You have been so considerate of me, and so tender with me, and so delicate in trying to hide your attentions from me, that I--well, well, well! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The harder because you have been so considerate to me in all other respects and have done me kindnesses that I can never acknowledge. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But AS to the claim, Frank, I MUST say that I DO think you are OVER-considerate sometimes, and allow THAT to be a LITTLE abused. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And don't be one-sided, my dear madam; it's not considerate, it's not kind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But your temper is hasty and you are not considerate. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Dear guardian, said I, I know how you have felt all that has happened, and how considerate you have been. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Be as considerate and good to me as you were, and tell me we are friends. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- How true a gentleman to be as considerate of me as if I was removed by being a Queen! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I know no man more likely than Mr. Knightley to do the sort of thingto do any thing really good-natured, useful, considerate, or benevolent. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It has not been considerate enough to leave any of its hair behind it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Just as I entered the front room, I heard a double knock at the street-door--a soft, fluttering, considerate little knock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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