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# thoughtful

«thoughtful» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thoughtful person thinks about what other people need…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (thoughtful, more thoughtful, most thoughtful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thoughtful person thinks about what other people need or feel and is kind to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#m1)

2) Thoughtful means thinking quietly and seriously about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#m2)

3) A thoughtful piece of work or answer shows careful thinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In kindness and friendship lessons, a thoughtful act is like helping someone who is sad or remembering a friend's birthday present. In reading, a character looks thoughtful when they are thinking hard. Teachers praise «a thoughtful answer». Phrases: «a thoughtful gift», «how thoughtful of you».

### examples

- It was thoughtful of you to bring me flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x1)
- She is always thoughtful and kind to new pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x2)
- He looked thoughtful as he read the letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x3)
- Thank you for such a thoughtful present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x4)
- That was a thoughtful answer to a hard question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x5)
- Be thoughtful: hold the door for the person behind you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x6)
- The class wrote thoughtful cards for the nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x7)
- How thoughtful and kind everybody is to me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/#x8)

### note

Adjective: thought + -ful (one l). Opposite: «thoughtless» (not thinking of others). Adverb: «thoughtfully». Spelling: «ough» as in «thought», said «THAWT-ful».

### In the corpora

- [Agreeing to disagree means accepting that thoughtful people can reach different conclusions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect/13/)
- [Others are hard, and thoughtful people disagree: eating meat, zoos and testing medicines on animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thoughtful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoughtful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.