Meaning of ATTENTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | u'tentiv
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | absorbed, advertent, engrossed, enwrapped, heedful, intent, listening, observant, oversolicitous, rapt, solicitous, thoughtful, wrapped |
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| | Antonyms: | | heedless, inattentive, thoughtless, unheeding | | |
| | See Also: | | concerned | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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