attentive

adj — 2 senses

attentive

adj

US, UK /əˈtɛntɪv/ · US /əˈtɪntɪv/

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

1

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

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.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94:

2

Courteous; mindful.

a husband attentive to his wife’s needs

Synonyms: audient, heedful, mindful, reckful
Antonyms: inattentive, reckless
Derived terms: attentively, attentiveness, attentive public, attentivity, hyperattentive, nonattentive, overattentive, polyattentive, preattentive, unattentive
Related terms: alert, wary, watchful

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