The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thoughtful \Thought"ful\, a.
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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.
War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.
--Pope. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.
--Glanvill.-
Anxious; solicitous; concerned.
Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care.
--Prior.Syn: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive; careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet.
Usage: Thoughtful, Considerate. He who is habitually thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually be guarded against serious mistakes. ``He who is thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is the recommendation of a confidential person to be considerate, as he has often to judge according to his own discretion.
--Crabb. [1913 Webster] -- Thought"ful*ly, adv. -- Thought"ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a thoughtful manner.
WordNet
adv. in a thoughtful manner; "he stared thoughtfully out the window" [ant: thoughtlessly]
showing thoughtfulness; "he had thoughtfully brought with him some food" [ant: thoughtlessly]
Usage examples of "thoughtfully".
Miss Schwartz was flicking through the pages of colored graphs Ruth had thoughtfully provided as appendices to her paper.
The masked bargeman leaned on his pole, and looked thoughtfully about him.
Rowan began stirring again thoughtfully before pouring the contents of the pan into a large bowl and straining basmati rice into another while her aunt set the table.
But now, with the precious bundle in its bassinet next to her, she found herself nodding thoughtfully.
The old man, for the prisoner was aged as well as feeble, turned his look on the still kneeling Bravo, thoughtfully, and continued.
Shannon, pursing her lips thoughtfully and staring at Brewster with new interest.
After a third sip, Brooke looked at the dwindling contents of her cup thoughtfully.
He went thoughtfully to his own cabin, and, down-headed in his musings, he became aware with a start of Lou Macon in the hut.
William, Earl of Bonnington, taking the second tumbler of claret that Peart had so thoughtfully filled for him.
Beside Larson, an elderly white man in preppy khaki trousers nodded thoughtfully.
In addition to meeting people on your tour group, you will encounter people from new and completely different tour groups, because you will all be stopping at the same popular attractions, which have been thoughtfully preselected for you based on their cultural interest as measured in square footage of parking area.
Merissa watched them leave and then picked up one of the prosthetic devices, thoughtfully turning it over in her hand.
I have endeavored to give fair play to the protest of gentle and reverential conservatism in the letter of the Lady, which was not copied from, but suggested by, one which I received long ago from a lady bearing an honored name, and which I read thoughtfully and with profound respect.
As Sacheverell was explaining the tiny Canopic jar of preserved cat entrails beside it, a six-toed Siamese wandered up and sniffed the mummy thoughtfully.
Morton squinted at me, and scratched thoughtfully beneath one massive breast, leaving the fabric of her shirt pasted damply to her flesh.