regardfuladj.

1582 T. Bentley Seuenth Lampe Virginitie in Sixt Lampe Virginitie 243 Shuah, or Sua, or Suaa, sig. crying, sauing, mightie, honorable, regardful, of the sauiour, lowlinesse, studie, speech, budding praier.

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 27 The very name it selfe of an Idoll ought to be left, and euery regardfull remembrance of him.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying iv. §8 To use all..persons upon whom his name is called..with a regardful and separate manner of usage.

1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 228 Much more should we his poor petitioners on earth, put up our humble supplications to him with the most regardful concern.

a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 178 Calm, and serene, the silent walks they trace, And halt, regardful, at each solemn place.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 52 The drawer says,—‘Coming, friend,’ without any more reverence or regardful addition.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 69 Was it a lady fair..to whom Her lord, with proud, regardful grief, Upreared this stately tomb?

1898 Overland Monthly Oct. 337 On sweet Spenser cast regardful look; he chastens old and kindles new desire.

1963 B. Malinowski Family Among Austral. Aborigines iii. 73 There are..happy and mutually regardful couples.

2003 S. White Civic Minimum iii. 50 A degree of substantive reciprocity..is something that mutually regardful equals properly expect of each other.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. P3^v The sexe of womankind..is most bound to haue regardfull eie to mens iudgements.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxviii. 345/1 A great number..who were more intentiue and regardfull to the Feast, then to any defence.

1657 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted in Wks. (1846) 168 You will hear such a message with more awakened regardful hearts.

1700 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. conc. Search after Truth (ed. 2) ii. ix. 82 Divines should be more especially regardful, lest they give scandal and contempt to Religion, through a false Zeal.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 287 With regardful Ear 'Tis just, O Goddess! I thy Dictates hear.

1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies xlii, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 22 The dear curl on a regardful brow.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 158 The difference, when the touches are rude and few, between those of a careless and those of a regardful mind.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. 5/1 He hits off a ball under the fire of the single cannon and of many regardful eyes.

1933 N. O. Solum tr. O. Rölvaag Boat of Longing ii. viii. 131 The evening was truly beautiful, though Nils was not noticing it; nor was he regardful of the lights.

1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Deuotion xxiii. 203 It is that, which respecteth not any thing past besids iniuries onely regardfull of present pleasure: but for thinges to come altogether vnprouident, except in reuenge.

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 14 They ar more regardful of their worldly gain..then they ar of a good conscience.

1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. Pref. sig. a viij As regardfull of due Concealment as of certainty of Revealment.

1690 J. Wright Serm. 22 One..was most especially regardful of her Childrens Souls, instructing them in Religion, and the Duty which God requires from 'em.

1726 J. Thomson Winter (ed. 2) 42 Wisely regardful of th' embroiling Sky.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlviii. 239 A libertine in his riper years, hardly regardful of appearances.

1770 R. Cumberland Brothers i. v. 5 Regardful only of my safety, your own seem'd no part of your care.

1801 J. B. Burges Richard First II. xvi. 236 Regardful of his kindred's claim..when occasion suited, hither came, More by fraternal love united than by name.

c1850 J. M. Neale Hymns Eastern Church (1866) 109 Regardful of that day.

1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth i. 7 A life regardful of duty is crowned with an object, directed by a purpose.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xiv. 159 Now, Judson Parker, as has been seen, was not overly regardful of public opinion.

1952 Times 11 Dec. 7/4 To-day, all too regardful of their doom, the little railways puff.

2005 Scotsman (Nexis) 30 Apr. 58 The country's population, used to holding cash on deposit, is becoming more regardful of stocks and shares.

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah viii. 159 Now see whether this be the regardfull cariage, which should for his maisters sake be borne to him.

1604 S. Daniel Vision 12 Goddesses Introd. The present pompe and splendor entertain'd them otherwise (as that which is most regardfull in these Shewes).

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 219 Their authority in the Church is so awfull, and so regardfull, that it will much preiudice your Negatiue against their Affirmatiue.

1650 R. Gentilis tr. V. Malvezzi Considerations Lives Alcibiades & Corialanus 89 Taking away honorable and regardfull subjects, whose valour and worth are the Sanctuary to which wronged subjects flye.