observant; polite; caring, loving
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Attentive Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Attentive Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
(a.)
Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutHeedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
attentive
\at*ten"tive\ (ăt*t&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;v), a. [cf. f. attentif.]
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.
tentative
alert and watchful ;listening carefully ;paying attention ;considerate ;thoughtful ;politely helpful ;Ex. attentive audience ;Ex. He was attentive to the old lady ;N. attentions: act of courtesy***If you are attentive during the screening of this movie, you shall be able to notice how the director has tried to use various woman characters to symbolise types of emancipation.
Adjective
1. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"
(antonym) inattentive
(similar) absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped
(see-also) concerned
(attribute) attention
2. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"
(synonym) heedful, thoughtful
(attribute) attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention
