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regardful

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re·gard·ful  (r-gärdfl)
adj.
1. Showing attention; heedful.
2. Showing deference; respectful.
re·gardful·ly adv.
re·gardful·ness n.
regardful [rɪˈgɑːdfʊl]
adj
1. (often foll by of) showing regard (for); heedful (of)
2. showing regard, respect, or consideration
regardfully  adv
regardfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.regardful - showing deference
deferent, deferential
respectful - full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"
Translations
regardful [rɪˈgɑːdfʊl] ADJ regardful of → atento a
regardful
adj (form) regardful of (one’s) duty → sich (dat) → seiner Pflicht (gen) → bewusst, pflichtbewusst; to be regardful of somebody’s feelings → jds Gefühle achten or respektieren


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I had not been seated very long ere a man of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm-pelted door flew back upon admitting him, a quick regardful eyeing of him by all the congregation, sufficiently attested that this fine old man was the chaplain.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Now it might have been supposed that a Circle -- proud of his ancestry and regardful for a posterity which might possibly issue hereafter in a Chief Circle -- would be more careful than any other to choose a wife who had no blot on her escutcheon.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Not considering in how different a circle she had been just seeing him, nor how much might be owing to contrast, she was quite persuaded of his being astonishingly more gentle and regardful of others than formerly.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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