Reckfulness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being reckful or careful; heedfulness; caution. uncountable

    "Edward the Fourth reclining luxuriously upon his tottering throne, like a child lulled by its rocking, displaying that rare combination of deep duplicity and heartless gaiety which so seldom exist together, the reckfulness of the one being like a noxious vapour to the recklessness of the other: […]"

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"Edward the Fourth reclining luxuriously upon his tottering throne, like a child lulled by its rocking, displaying that rare combination of deep duplicity and heartless gaiety which so seldom exist together, the reckfulness of the one being like a noxious vapour to the recklessness of the other: […]"

Etymology

From reckful + -ness. Compare recklessness.

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