a. Obs. rare. In 4 soigneus, 5 soygnous, -ous. [a. OF. soigneus (mod.F. soigneux, -euse), f. soign (mod.F. soin) care, heed.] Careful, heedful.
1340. Ayenb., 155. [Seneca says] þet of þe parties of þe liue ech þenche and is soigneus, ac of al þe liue to ordayny non ne þencþ ne studeþ.
Hence † Soignously adv. Obs. rare.
c. 1472. Caxton, Jason, 76. [Apollo] founde under his hede the bille afore said whiche he kepte soygneusly. Ibid. (1481), Godfrey, cciv. 299. To kepe soygnously and defende the turkes fro thyse two Cytees.
