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reckfulness

reckfulness noun: the state or quality of being reckful or careful; heedfulness; caution.

Noun

reckfulness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being reckful or careful; heedfulness; caution.
    • Edward the Fourth reclining luxuriously upon his tottering throne, like a child lulled by its rocking, displaying that rare combination of deep duplicity and heartless gaiety which so seldom exist together, the reckfulness of the one being like a noxious vapour to the recklessness of the other: […]1843, The metropolitan
    • When you reply that your reckfulness can be taken as read, he'll confide: 'I know, I know. I'm talking to myself.'2009, Gideon Haigh, The Vincibles: A Suburban Cricket Season

Origin of reckfulness

From reckful + -ness. Compare recklessness.

Questions about reckfulness

What does reckfulness mean?
Reckfulness means the state or quality of being reckful or careful; heedfulness; caution.
What part of speech is reckfulness?
Reckfulness is a noun.

Words near reckfulness in the dictionary

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

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