Etymology From Middle English myndeful, myndefull, from Old English ġemyndful (“of good memory”), equivalent to mind + -ful.
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aware (of something); attentive, heedful.
Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton.2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:
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Of or pertaining to mindfulness; sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one's own mind in the present moment.
I think being mindful may help you to appreciate life more.
These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
A work of art may exceed a 'mindful' – whatever it is that can be accommodated within a mind at a given time – and may have to be regarded as a series of mindfuls.1995, R. Tallis, Newton's Sleep: The Two Cultures and the Two Kingdoms:
So, whereas mouthfuls and servings are the units of fullness, mindfuls and savorings are the units of mind-fullness.2008, Pavel G Somov, Eating the Moment:
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A sketch can hold several mindfuls, allowing designers to see far more than they can imagine, allowing designers to integrate mindfuls.2014, Toshiharu Taura, Principia Designae - Pre-Design, Design, and Post-Design: