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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Heedful.

[Obs.]

“Heedy shepherds.”

Spenser.

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Heed′i-ly

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adv.

[Obs.]

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Heed′i-ness

Noun.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

heedy ‎(comparative more heedy, superlative most heedy)

(obsolete) Heedful; attentive.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, vol.1, ch.23:
  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.