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Definition of Attentive

1. Adjective. (often followed by 'to') giving care or attention. "An attentive suitor"

2. Adjective. Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention. "Heedful of what they were doing"

Definition of Attentive

1. a. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

Definition of Attentive

1. Adjective. paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attentive

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Attentive

1. 1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention. 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. Synonym: Heedful, intent, observant, mindful, regardful, circumspect, watchful. Atten"tively, Atten"tiveness. Origin: Cf. F. Attentif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attentive

attention deficit disorder attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attention seeker attention seekers attention span attention spans attentional attentionally attentions

attentisme attentive attentively attentiveness attentivenesses attentivity attently attents attenuable attenuance

attenuances attenuant attenuate attenuated attenuated tuberculosis attenuated vaccine

Literary usage of Attentive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"And, whatever these suggestions to the sub-attentive consciousness are, if they are effective it must be because they are welcomed by this sub-attentive ..."

2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1882)
"The slightest mention of anything relative to Willoughby overpowered her in an instant; and though her family were most anxiously attentive to her comfort, ..."

3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Very well, upon my word. That sentence is very prettily turned. Yes, yes, I will go and see her sure enough. How attentive she is, ..."

4. Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain by Edmund Burke (1790)
"I am told, that with few exceptions, Louis the Sixteenth had been more attentive to character, in his promotions to that rank, than his immediate prede- ..."

5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"A slight Jault consists in the want of that care which very attentive persons take of their own affairs. This fault assimilates itself to, and in some cases ..."

6. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... he has learned by attentive observation among his countrymen, who perhaps will be themselves surprised to see that speech reduced to principles, ..."

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