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Thoughtfulness   /θˈɔtfəlnɪs/   Listen
Thoughtfulness

noun
1.
A calm, lengthy, intent consideration.  Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination.
2.
Kind and considerate regard for others.  Synonyms: considerateness, consideration.
3.
The trait of thinking carefully before acting.
4.
A considerate and thoughtful act.  Synonym: consideration.





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"Thoughtfulness" Quotes from Famous Books



... at her angel face with gloomy thoughtfulness for nearly a minute. She found it somewhat ...
— Happy Pollyooly - The Rich Little Poor Girl • Edgar Jepson
... to see that something was wrong with Lena. Maggie saw it too, but shy Maggie, unless it was with some one as frank as herself, could not seek to draw forth confidences. But, with her usual considerate thoughtfulness, she did that which was perhaps better; she presently withdrew herself to the next room with Elsie and little May and amused them there, so that Lena might have the opportunity of speaking to Bessie ...
— Bessie Bradford's Prize • Joanna H. Mathews
... from me since, was the birthday of our first hope. Tenderly and gradually, the memory of the old walks and drives dawned upon her, and the poor weary pining eyes looked at Marian and at me with a new interest, with a faltering thoughtfulness in them, which from that moment we cherished and kept alive. I bought her a little box of colours, and a sketch-book like the old sketch-book which I had seen in her hands on the morning that we first met. Once again—oh me, once again!—at spare hours saved from my work, in ...
— The Woman in White • Wilkie Collins
... him with pencil and paper, David jotted down several sentences which he was most likely to need in sending messages, then substituted different words to be used in place of the originals. This bit of thoughtfulness on his part was eminently cheering, and when soon afterward he took hasty leave of Grace and Mrs. Gray the latter appeared to be in a less lugubrious frame ...
— Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer • Jessie Graham Flower
... little piece of thoughtfulness," said her aunt, drawing the child to her side and kissing her. "Don't you think a little ...
— What She Could • Susan Warner


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