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Considerate   /kənsˈɪdərət/   Listen
adjective
Considerate  adj.  
1.
Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of others. "Of dauntless courage and considerate pride." "AEneas is patient, considerate, and careful of his people." "The wisest and most considerate men in the world."
2.
Having respect to; regardful. (R.) "They may be... more considerate of praise."
Synonyms: Thoughtful; reflective; careful; discreet; prudent; deliberate; serious. See Thoughtful.





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"Considerate" Quotes from Famous Books



... not forget who you are, and who I am; remember your own dignity, be considerate also of mine. It were best to cease from using my family name, now, ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... had effected the dismissal of more than one English master. It was necessary then to exact only the most moderate application from natures so little qualified to apply—to assist, in every practicable way, understandings so opaque and contracted—to be ever gentle, considerate, yielding even, to a certain point, with dispositions so irrationally perverse; but, having reached that culminating point of indulgence, you must fix your foot, plant it, root it in rock—become immutable as the towers of Ste. ...
— The Professor • (AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell
... spirit of questioning possessed her, though not—as in the hind's case—of things concrete and material. It is true she could have dispensed with Mr. Quayle's society. She did not want him. But he had shown himself so full of resource, so considerate and helpful, ever since the news of Sir Richard Calmady's desperate state had broken up the peace of the little party at Ormiston Castle, now five days ago, that she forgave him even his preciousness of speech, even his slightly irritating superiority of manner. She had ceased to be ...
— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet
... considerate," said Bolan. "Don't get 'em sore on you. When one of them comes up and wants the loan of a horse, why, let him ...
— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn
... old point mostly failed of success. 'Perhaps Johns was right,' he would say. 'I should have gone on with Sally. Better go with the tide and make the best of its course than stem it at the risk of a capsize.' But he kept these unmelodious thoughts to himself, and was outwardly considerate ...
— Wessex Tales • Thomas Hardy


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