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attentive

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishattentif,attentijf, fromOld Frenchattentif.

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attentive (comparativemoreattentive,superlativemostattentive)

  1. Payingattention;noticing,watching,listening, orattending closely.
    She is anattentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee,The Book of Puka-Puka, republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94:
      King-of-the-Sky was sitting alone in the Leeward Village meeting-house, gesticulating to theattentive shades of night, roaring out the genealogy of his ancestors, telling the sleeping world of his greatness.
  2. Courteous;mindful.
    a husbandattentive to his wife’s needs

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paying attention
mindful

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attentive

  1. femininesingular ofattentif
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