heedy
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heedy (comparative more heedy, superlative most heedy)
- (obsolete) Heedful; attentive.
- Antonym: unheedy
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 23, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book 1, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- A heedy Reader shall often discover in other mens compositions, perfections farre differing from the Authors meaning, and such as haply he never dreamed of, and illustrateth them with richer senses and more excellent constructions.