Reckfulness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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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More examples"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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