heedful

Adjective

heedful (comparative more heedful, superlative most heedful)

1. Taking heed.
2. Paying close attention; mindful.
   • Hamlet:
     […]It is a damned ghost that we have seen,
     And my imaginations are as foul
     As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note;
     For I mine eyes will rivet to his face,
     And after we will both our judgments join
     In censure of his seeming.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
   • As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable...1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Scribner, published 1902, page 295