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Attentive   /ətˈɛntɪv/   Listen
adjective
Attentive  adj.  
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.
Synonyms: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful; circumspect; watchful.





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"Attentive" Quotes from Famous Books



... without looking them over, almost unconsciously, for her foreman, Gene Stewart. This afternoon, as usual, he was not present. However, she now had a sense—of which she was wholly conscious—that she was both disappointed and irritated. He had really not been attentive to her guests, and he, of all her cowboys, was the one of whom they wanted most to see something. Helen, particularly, had asked to have him attend the match. But Stewart was with the cattle. Madeline thought of his faithfulness, and was ashamed of her momentary ...
— The Light of Western Stars • Zane Grey
... Fred, "though perhaps no two are alike. We try to be civil and attentive to all, and those qualities will pass for good breeding all ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes
... by Government for the colonisation of the lunar world by emigration of the able-bodied unemployed, and the House was full. All the Home Rulers were present, a fact which gave the Owl a feeling of pleasant security, and members generally were wide awake and very attentive. ...
— 'That Very Mab' • May Kendall and Andrew Lang
... of high importance, particularly in cases relating to the game, the justice was not always attentive to these admonitions of his clerk; for, indeed, in executing the laws under that head, many justices of peace suppose they have a large discretionary power, by virtue of which, under the notion of searching for and taking ...
— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding
... education, and had decided in favour of the former. "Seclusion," he said, "is no security for virtue. There is no telling what is in a boy's heart: he may look as open and happy as usual, and be as kind and attentive, when there is a great deal wrong going on within. The heart is a secret with its Maker; no one on earth can hope to get at it or to touch it. I have a cure of souls; what do I really know of my parishioners? Nothing; their hearts are sealed books to me. And ...
— Loss and Gain - The Story of a Convert • John Henry Newman


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