ˈheedfulness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being heedful; attentiveness, carefulness.
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. Pref., To moue you to willingnesse and hedefulnesse. a 1677 Barrow Wks. (1830) I. 130 A circumspect heedfulness not to provoke any man. 1832 H. Martineau Ella of Gar. xi. 133 Fergus waited upon them both with all the quiet heedfulness of a girl. |