ATTENTIVE

attentive. Attentive, a. heedful, regardful, careful, intent

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At‐ten″tive (ăt‐tĕn″tĭv), a. [[Cf. F. attentif.]] 1. 1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
☞ 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. 2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Syn. — Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful; circumspect; watchful. — At‐ten″tive‐ly, adv. — At‐ten″tive‐ness, n.