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heediness

/ˈhiːdɪnəs/

heediness noun: the quality of being heedy.

Noun

heediness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being heedy.
    • And evermore that craven coward knight / Was at his back with heartless heediness, / Waiting if he unwares him murder might.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26

Origin of heediness

From heedy + -ness.

Questions about heediness

What does heediness mean?
Heediness means the quality of being heedy.
What part of speech is heediness?
Heediness is a noun.
How do you pronounce heediness?
Heediness is pronounced /ˈhiːdɪnəs/.

Words near heediness in the dictionary

  1. heedful
  2. heedfull
  3. heedfully
  4. heedfulness
  5. heedily
  6. heediness
  7. heeding
  8. heedless
  9. heedlessly
  10. heedlessness
  11. heedlessnesses

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