regardful

[ ri-gahrd-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. observant; attentive; heedful (often followed by of): a man regardful of the feelings of others.

  2. showing or feeling regard or esteem; respectful.

Origin of regardful

1
First recorded in 1580–90; regard + -ful

Other words from regardful

  • re·gard·ful·ly, adverb
  • re·gard·ful·ness, noun
  • un·re·gard·ful, adjective

Words Nearby regardful

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How to use regardful in a sentence

  • Freckles watched him with regardful eye and saw at last that he was completely exhausted.

    Freckles | Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Why had she not helped him in his devices, fallen into his plans, been regardful of his fortunes, and made herself one with him?

    The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope
  • The flame from the hearth lighted one of his starlike eyes as it stood open, regardful of the strange old man.

    John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic Remington
  • regardful of this fact, Tatsu had built a roaring fire in the library to cheer Hayden's home‑coming.

    The Silver Butterfly | Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
  • The latter was much more regardful of the Greek and Roman world than of the Jewish.

    The Apostles | Ernest Renan

British Dictionary definitions for regardful

regardful

/ (rɪˈɡɑːdfʊl) /


adjective
  1. (often foll by of) showing regard (for); heedful (of)

  2. showing regard, respect, or consideration

Derived forms of regardful

  • regardfully, adverb
  • regardfulness, noun

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