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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Attentive; heedful: synonym: careful.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Taking thought or care; heedful; thoughtful.
  • Having knowledge, remembrance, or recognition; cognizant; aware.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective bearing in mind; attentive to

Etymologies

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From Middle English myndeful, from Old English ġemyndful ("of good memory"), equivalent to mind +‎ -ful.

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