attentive

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English attentif, attentijf, from Old French attentif.

Example Sentences

• "She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much."
• "King-of-the-Sky was sitting alone in the Leeward Village meeting-house, gesticulating to the attentive shades of night, roaring out the genealogy of his ancestors, telling the sleeping world of his greatness."
• "a husband attentive to his wife’s needs"

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