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English
Etymology
From heed + -y.
Adjective
heedy (comparative more heedy, superlative most heedy)
- (obsolete) Heedful; attentive.
- Antonym: unheedy
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 23, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book I, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC: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.
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