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 →

2) Thoughtful means thinking quietly and seriously about something. tree →

3) A thoughtful piece of work or answer shows careful thinking. tree →

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 →
• She is always thoughtful and kind to new pupils. tree →
• He looked thoughtful as he read the letter. tree →
• Thank you for such a thoughtful present. tree →
• That was a thoughtful answer to a hard question. tree →
• Be thoughtful: hold the door for the person behind you. tree →
• The class wrote thoughtful cards for the nurse. tree →
• How thoughtful and kind everybody is to me! tree →

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.
• Others are hard, and thoughtful people disagree: eating meat, zoos and testing medicines on animals.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thoughtful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.