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Meanings of serious-minded in English

Acting with or showing thought and good sense.

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The captain looked grave; Mrs. Willoughby anxious; Beulah interested; and Maud thoughtful.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
2
He said debate needed to happen in an educated and thoughtful way.
Radio NZ
3
The converts were loud in his praise; the unbelievers silent and thoughtful.
The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the...
4
Young Simnel smiled and said, 'That's very thoughtful of you, Sir Harry.
Raising Steam
5
In his case the words were usually thoughtful, well rounded and mellifluous.
The Irish Times
Usage of serious-minded in English
1
Justice JFA, as he's known, is serious-minded, as witness his intense gaze.
Bardisms
2
That means that the person who lived here before was very serious-minded.
The Green Rust
3
The more serious-minded Paul III found another lion in his path.
The Age of the Reformation
4
Many of whom were the most serious-minded of men where women were concerned.
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
5
No serious-minded person who learned of his delusion gave it a second thought.
Tales from Bohemia
6
You'll never make anything out of music if you get serious-minded about it.
Three Soldiers
7
Mr. Worthington, said his classmate, had become very serious-minded this year.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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No serious-minded individual would take such a tool at face value.
Ghosts
9
It's difficult to be serious-minded at twenty-four, and patient with people who fuss!
The Love Affairs of Pixie
10
But a still more serious-minded person took part in the assault upon the coffee-house.
Inns and Taverns of Old London
11
Now a gulf separates the ordinary Japanese, even though educated, from the serious-minded Occidental.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
12
It has become an indispensable tome for all serious-minded officers.
Reuters
13
Practise alone if you can find no earnest and serious-minded ones to join you.
The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga / Including the Practices and ...
14
It might be interesting to find out more about them in a serious-minded play.
The Irish Times
15
Spurious, unnatural feeling will invariably fail to convince serious-minded men.
Talks on Talking
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What bothered him was that none of them seemed serious-minded.
Salem’s Lot
Serious-minded through the time