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heedy

heedy adjective: heedful; attentive.

Adjective

heedy (comparative more heedy, superlative most heedy)

  1. (obsolete) Heedful; attentive.
    • A heedy Reader shall often discover in other mens compositions, perfections farre differing from the Authors meaning, and such as haply he never dreamed of, and illustrateth them with richer senses and more excellent constructions.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 23, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    unheedy

Antonyms of heedy

Forms of heedy

comparativemore heedy
superlativemost heedy

Origin of heedy

From heed + -y.

Words formed from heedy

Questions about heedy

What does heedy mean?
Heedy means heedful; attentive.
What part of speech is heedy?
Heedy is an adjective.

Words near heedy in the dictionary

  1. heedlessly
  2. heedlessness
  3. heedlessnesses
  4. heeds
  5. heedworthy
  6. heedy
  7. heeelp
  8. heeey
  9. Heeg
  10. Heegaard
  11. Heegaard decomposition

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