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MINDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually followed by 'to') naturally disposed toward
Example:
I am not minded to answer any questions
Synonyms:
apt; disposed; given; minded; tending
Classified under:
Similar:
inclined ((often followed by 'to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
Example:
career-minded
Classified under:
Similar:
orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb mind
Context examples:
I am sure John and I should not have minded it.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
His pride never deserts him; but with the rich he is liberal-minded, just, sincere, rational, honourable, and perhaps agreeable—allowing something for fortune and figure.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
An unpretending, single-minded, artless girl—infinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste to such a woman as Mrs. Elton.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character of an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Arthur was the most single-minded, chivalrous, patriotic man upon earth.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“But I marvel how you should know how he speaks when he is in wrath, for he is very gentle-minded with those who are beneath him.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;—more narrow-minded and selfish.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She had a strong impression of his having said, in a vext tone of voice, after Captain Wentworth's interference, You ought to have minded me, Walter; I told you not to teaze your aunt; and could comprehend his regretting that Captain Wentworth should do what he ought to have done himself.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Then, far off in the distance, from the mountains on each side of us began a louder and a sharper howling—that of wolves—which affected both the horses and myself in the same way—for I was minded to jump from the calèche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere—and those evil-minded observers, dearest Mary, who make much of a little, are more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
