Meaning of thoughty | Babel Free

Definitions

Given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.

Scotland, archaic

Examples

“His pouch was now all void and empty, his future years were like⟳ to be sour, thoughty, and woe-begone, and himself a cumberworld, unsicker of his scarce and slender livelihood in lickpenny London, forced to beg⟳, steal⟳, or starve⟳, and gaping after honest death.”

“[...] "there was no questioning Glenn's ability. He was a very 'thoughty' guy. And he was also a very sly one — for Glenn Miller."”

“"Yoi, yoi, it's always the other guys," the Ganymedean snorted in disgust. "But SF is the phonetic equivalent of 'as if in Milt Gross dialect, a very thoughty parallel."”

“And Abe — she remembered him from one time Mr. Lincoln brought him to town, a thoughty talky little thing that noticed everything and had a word for it. He wasn't more than ten or eleven now, but had done some remarkable growing.”

“I have⟳ been thoughty of my grandmother all week, every day actually. Thoughty is a word straight from Gramma's dictionary and is defined by an inner cognitive awareness of someone. It is more than thoughtfulness. It is a more intense character trait as it involves the spirit on a much deeper level. When I am thoughty of someone, they are not only on my mind⟳, but in my heart, and connected to and felt by my spirit. This is what it means to be thoughty.”

“Killing me now, for whatever reason⟳, was going to take⟳ a lot of guts and a lot of thought, and I planned to be much gutsier and thoughtier.”

“Ditto my nightly hit of Marketplace, a thoughty economy-based show⟳ on NPR. It never hit home until Salem's wise and loving and occasionally-during-sweeps-months demon-possessed psychiatrist and her studly husband got the ax.”

“Prior to sampling, Mike characterized himself as a “thoughty” person, and it might have⟳ been tempting to launch⟳ an investigation of the characteristics of his thinking.”

““Such a thoughty man! And easy on the eyes, as well! Well done, my man! You're such a doat!” She raised her cup of mead in salute.”

CEFR level