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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention;
- Example: "attentive to details"
- Example: "the nurse was attentive to her patient"
- Example: "an attentive suitor"

2. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention;
- Example: "heedful of the warnings"
- Example: "so heedful a writer"
- Example: "heedful of what they were doing"
[syn: heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous. [1913 Webster] Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful; circumspect; watchful. [1913 Webster] -- At*ten"tive*ly, adv. -- At*ten"tive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention] [ant: heedless, unheeding]