Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attentive"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Attentive \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

attentive
adj 1: (often followed by `to') giving care or attention;
"attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to
her patient"; "an attentive suitor" [ant: {inattentive}]
2: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful
of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what
they were doing" [syn: {heedful}, {thoughtful}] [ant: {heedless}]


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