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Definition of Heedy
1. a. Heedful.
Definition of Heedy
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Heedful; attentive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heedy
1. careful [adj] - See also: careful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heedy
Literary usage of Heedy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"heedy, o. heady, intoxicating. ... varra heedy.' Hee leet day, c. broad daylight.
leet day.'—Old Song. ' They drank and sang till hec ..."
2. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"... Heed-yak, sw, Heed-yik, N. headache. heedy, o. heady, intoxicating. '
This beer's varrà heedy.' Hee leet day, c. broad daylight. leet ..."
3. On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the Substance of Two by Richard Chenevix Trench (1860)
"Heed' should not have the adjective ' heedful' only, but ' heedy'1 as well; ...
1 " The citizens are very heedy and wary in all their public affairs. ..."
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