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carefulness|ˈkɛəfʊlnɪs|
[OE. carfulnys: see careful and -ness.]
The quality or state of being careful. a. Solicitude, anxiety, concern. arch. b. Heedfulness, vigilance, attentiveness, exactness, caution.
a1000in Thorpe Hom. II. 280 (Bosw.) Godes cwydas sind to smeaᵹenne mid micelre carfulnysse. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 210 Briwas niman ᵹestreon mið carfulnysse ᵹe[tacnað]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 Mið carfulnesse haldan þas bebo⁓dan. 1535Coverdale Ps. cxxvi[i]. 2 Eate the bred of carefulnesse. 1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices i. (1558) 13 It is harde to haue a carefulnesse ouer other mens matters. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. i. §3 (1873) 8 There groweth carefulness and trouble of mind. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. 1 Cor. vii. 32 Carefulness about the World is so bad a thing. 1823Lamb Elia (1860) 213 The face..full of thought and carefulness. 1863Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 16 You may rely upon the carefulness of my observation. 1865Monsell Hymn, ‘O Worship the Lord’ ii, Low at His feet lay thy burden of carefulness. |