Attentive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
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     Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
          circumspect; watchful.
          [1913 Webster] -- {At*ten"tive*ly}, adv. --
          {At*ten"tive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  129 Moby Thesaurus words for "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