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reckful

reckful adjective: full of careful heed or attention; careful; cautious.

Adjective

reckful (comparative more reckful, superlative most reckful)

  1. (uncommon) Full of careful heed or attention; careful; cautious.
    • Man, in fact, should be reckless in nothing, but reckful in every thing; […]1845, Allan Freer, The North British review
    • […] it's tough to call when it's in that gray area between reckless stupidity and reckful insanity.1994 October 24, InfoWorld

Synonyms of reckful

Antonyms

Forms of reckful

comparativemore reckful
superlativemost reckful

Origin of reckful

From reck + -ful. Compare reckless.

Words formed from reckful

Questions about reckful

What does reckful mean?
Reckful means full of careful heed or attention; careful; cautious.
What part of speech is reckful?
Reckful is an adjective.

Words near reckful in the dictionary

  1. reckening
  2. reckens
  3. Recker
  4. reckernize
  5. Reckers
  6. reckful
  7. reckfulness
  8. reckin
  9. recking
  10. Reckitt
  11. reckless

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