Mindful
['maɪn(d)fʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['maɪndfl]
Definition
(adj.) bearing in mind; attentive to; 'ever mindful of her health'; 'mindful of his responsibilities'; 'mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action' .
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Definition
(a.) Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Regardful, attentive, thoughtful, careful, recollective
ANT:Regardless, inattentive, mindless, oblivious
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Examples
- He was mindful, however, if not of his own danger, at least of the fact that Mr. Jackson was under his mother's roof, and consequently his guest. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what you owe; it makes you appear a careful as well as an honest man, and that still increases your credit. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Miss Summerson, said Mr. Guppy, you will excuse the waywardness of a parent ever mindful of a son's appiness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mindful of the secret, Darnay with great difficulty checked himself, and said: You may not understand the gentleman. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That is the woman,' replied Mr. Bumble, mindful of his wife's caution. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The council, mindful of its social duties, superintended the filling of the municipal granaries, in order to have supplies in years of scarcity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mindful of the wondering dinner, Twemlow, with a little twinge, admits the imputation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If you had been more mindful of yourself, and less of me, when we grew up here together, I think my heedless fancy never would have wandered from you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mindful of his own lack of facilities for acquiring an education, his greatest desire in maturer years was for the education of his children. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Your reputation is high, and, as a young man with your fortune to make, you are probably mindful of your interest. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Or, my having so looked up to you and wondered at you, and at first thought you so good to be at all mindful of me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Indeed they do much more than their duty to us, for they are wonderfully mindful of us in many ways. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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