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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heedful \Heed"ful\, adjective Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. --Shak. -- {Heed"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Heed"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heedful
adjective
1: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" [syn: {attentive}, {thoughtful}] [ant: {heedless}]
2: cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice" [syn: {careful}]
3: giving attention [syn: {advertent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "heedful": accommodating, accommodative, advertent, agog, agreeable, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, complaisant, concentrated, conscientious, conscionable, conscious, considerate, curious, deliberate, delicate, diligent, discreet, earnest, exact, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gingerly, guarded, helpful, hesitant, indulgent, intense, intent, intentive, judicious, leaving out nothing, lenient, loving, meticulous, mindful, mindful of others, nice, niggling, noncommittal, obliging, observant, observing, on guard, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, overlooking no possibility, painstaking, pawky, politic, prudent, punctilious, punctual, regardful, safe, scrupulous, slow to act, solicitous, tactful, tender, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, tolerant, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, watchful
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