guardfuladj.
/ˈɡɑːdfʊl/ Now rare or dialect.
Watchful; careful.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective]
wakerc1000
watchingOE
wakingc1175
wakerlyc1400
circumspect1430
vigilant?a1500
prick-eared?1550
invigilant1570
vigil?1576
wakeful1589
eyeful1594
open-eyed1601
argus-eyed1603
watchful1603
alert1618
awake1619
vigilant1655
guardful1749
1749 A. Hill tr. Voltaire Meropé i. ii I, mean while, Watch, with a guardful Eye, these Murd'rers Motions.
1830 H. Angelo Reminisc. (new ed.) I. 209 An injunction to be guardful of these had been given to the people.
1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 36 Dost thou frown? Was it not well?—nay, blame me guardfully.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Guardful, careful.
Derivatives
ˈguardfully adv. carefully.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adverb]
vigilantly1531
watchfully1538
watchingly1552
wakefullya1586
guardfully?1611
unwinkingly1849
a-watch1856
alertly1865
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 441 O thou Fautour of Chrysa, whose fair hands doth guardfully dispose Celestial Cilla.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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