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adjective

Thoughtful adj.

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. "War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades."

Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.

Anxious; solicitous; concerned. "Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care."

Synonyms: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive; careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet. Thoughtful, Considerate. He who is habitually thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually be guarded against serious mistakes. "He who is thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is the recommendation of a confidential person to be considerate, as he has often to judge according to his own discretion."

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"Thoughtful" Quotes from Famous Books

... did not dare to touch her, scarcely dared look at the pure, thoughtful profile until she lifted her head and ...

— The Danger Mark • Robert W. Chambers

... insistence with which this claim has been reiterated and proclaimed abroad by Germans, often with more of patriotism than of good taste, may have led a part of the public to believe it. But the more intelligent and thoughtful portion of the people, accustomed to analyse such claims by careful comparison with the products of non-Teutonic civilisation, has been unable to find any adequate basis for the assumed superiority. Indeed, while intelligent and fair-minded Americans ...

— Plain Words From America • Douglas W. Johnson

... Waddington would spoil her evening with Ralph Bevan, she had judged by the change that had come over the house since the return of its master. You felt it first in the depressed faces of the servants, of Partridge and Annie Trinder. A thoughtful gloom had settled even on Kimber. Worse than all, Fanny Waddington had left off humming. Barbara missed that ...

— Mr. Waddington of Wyck • May Sinclair

... said Bob, "and better. Somehow he 10 gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple and it might be pleasant to them to remember, upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars ...

— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell

... than the legends about the weather had made them seem to the Greeks. Indeed, these Latins were a harder, tougher, graver, fiercer, more business-like race altogether than the Greeks; not so clever, thoughtful, or poetical, but with more of what we should now call ...

— Young Folks' History of Rome • Charlotte Mary Yonge

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