About The Word Attentive
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Attentive
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What's The Definition Of Attentive?
[adj] (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"
[adj] taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Attentive: absorbed | advertent | engrossed | enwrapped | heedful | intent | listening | observant | oversolicitous | rapt | solicitous | thoughtful | wrapped Related Terms | Find terms related to Attentive: accommodating | accommodative | accurate | advertent | affable | agile | agog | agreeable | alert | alive | all ears | all eyes | assiduous | attenuate | awake | aware | bright | cap in hand | careful | cautious | ceremonious | circumspect | civil | close | complaisant | concentrated | concentrating | conscientious | conscious | considerate | correct | courteous | courtly | critical | curious | deferential | delicate | demanding | detailed | diligent | dutiful | eager | earnest | exact | exacting | exigent | exquisite | fair | fine | finical | finicking | finicky | fussy | gallant | graceful | gracious | heedful | helpful | honorific | indulgent | intense | intent | intentive | interested | keen | lenient | listening | loving | meticulous | mindful | mindful of others | minute | narrow | nice | niggling | nimble | obliging | observant | observing | on the | on the alert | on the ball | on the job | open-eared | open-eyed | openmouthed | particular | polite | precise | precisianistic | precisionistic | prompt | punctilious | punctual | qui vive | quick | ready | reedy | refined | regardful | religious | respectful | rigid | rigorous | scrupulous | scrutinizing | sharp | sleepless | slender | slight | slim | smart | solicitous | strict | subtle | tactful | tender | tenuous | thoughtful | tolerant | twiggy | unblinking | unnodding | unsleeping | unwinking | urbane | wakeful | watchful | wide-awake See Also | concerned Attentive In Webster's Dictionary \At*ten"tive\ ([a^]t*t[e^]n"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
attentif.]
1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or
attention.
Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and
seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application
of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application
of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person
is attentive to the words, and to the manner and
matter, of a speaker at the same time.
2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
circumspect; watchful. -- {At*ten"tive*ly}, adv. --
{At*ten"tive*ness}, n.
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