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| 1. | [ adjective ] (often followed by `to') giving care or attention | |
| Examples: | "attentive to details" "the nurse was attentive to her patient" "an attentive suitor" |
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| Related terms: | inattentive absorbed observant listening oversolicitous solicitous advertent concerned attention | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | |
| Synonyms: | thoughtful heedful | |
| Examples: | "heedful of the warnings" "so heedful a writer" "heedful of what they were doing" |
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| Related terms: | heedless attentiveness | |
| Similar spelling: |
attentively attenuate attention attendant attenuated attentional attendance attender attendee attended attending attend_to attend attenuator attenuation |
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