Thoughtful Meaning
/ˈθɔːtfəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDemonstrating thought or careful consideration.
adjDemonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
Sentence Examples
You should be more thoughtful of your safety.
You were thoughtful to remember me in this way.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The very ____ friend brought some soup when her coworker was sick.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It was very ____ of you to remember her birthday and send her such a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires."
— 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:
"But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections."
— 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The very ____ friend brought some soup when her coworker was sick.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It was very ____ of you to remember her birthday and send her such a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers today.