heedy

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adjective

Heedful; attentive.

Opposite
unheedy
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Meanings

adjectiveheedy (comparative more heedy, superlative most heedy)

comparative more heedy · superlative most heedy

  1. obsoleteHeedful; attentive.

    A heedy Reader shall often discover in other mens compositions, perfections farre differing from the Authors meaning, and such as haply he never dreamed of, and illustrateth them with richer senses and more excellent constructions.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 23, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

    Antonyms: unheedy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHeedful; attentive.

Opposite
unheedy
Also see
cautiouscharydeliberatemeticulousprudenttimid

Origin

From heed + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Heyde
Cite this entry
APA

heedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heedy

MLA

“heedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heedy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heedy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heedy.

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