Attentive Definition

ə-tĕntĭv
adjective
Paying close attention; alert or observant.
An attentive listener; attentive to detail.
American Heritage
Paying attention; observant.
Webster's New World
Showing care for the needs or desires of others; caring or courteous.
American Heritage
Considerate, courteous, devoted, etc.
An attentive husband.
Webster's New World

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
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Origin of Attentive

  • From Old French attentif

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Attentive Sentence Examples

  • He was attentive and understanding.

  • He set down his box and smiled at his attentive audience.

  • He is very attentive to her.

  • The boy seemed attentive in spite of his muteness so Dean resumed sweeping up needles with his hand and continued to chatter.

  • But your cousin, Drubetskoy, is also very attentive to her.

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