Topicala
Topicala is a simple, small, meta-search engine, that helps You find the sites you need. Created By Paul Kinlan. Web Hosting by SwitchMedia.
Search [?]  
Dictionary Results For "attentive" [?]/[OPML]
Ads By Google
Wiktionary Articles [RSS] - [GNU, www.Wiktionary.org]

English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-attentive.ogg


Adjective

  1. paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely
  2. :She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.


Antonyms


Translations

Anagrams


de:attentive et:attentive el:attentive es:attentive fr:attentive gl:attentive io:attentive it:attentive hu:attentive pl:attentive ru:attentive fi:attentive ta:attentive te:attentive vi:attentive

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 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, thoughtful] [ant: heedless]
Moby Dictionary
accommodating , accommodative , accurate , advertent , affable , agile ,
agog , agreeable , alert , alive , all ears , all eyes , assiduous ,
attenuate , awake , aware , bright , cap in hand , careful , cautious ,
ceremonious , circumspect , civil , close , complaisant , concentrated ,
concentrating , conscientious , conscious , considerate , correct ,
courteous , courtly , critical , curious , deferential , delicate ,
demanding , detailed , diligent , dutiful , eager , earnest , exact ,
exacting , exigent , exquisite , fair , fine , finical , finicking ,
finicky , fussy , gallant , graceful , gracious , heedful , helpful ,
honorific , indulgent , intense , intent , intentive , interested , keen ,
lenient , listening , loving , meticulous , mindful , mindful of others ,
minute , narrow , nice , niggling , nimble , obliging , observant ,
observing , on the , on the alert , on the ball , on the job ,
open-eared , open-eyed , openmouthed , particular , polite , precise ,
precisianistic , precisionistic , prompt , punctilious , punctual ,
qui vive , quick , ready , reedy , refined , regardful , religious ,
respectful , rigid , rigorous , scrupulous , scrutinizing , sharp ,
sleepless , slender , slight , slim , smart , solicitous , strict ,
subtle , tactful , tender , tenuous , thoughtful , tolerant , twiggy ,
unblinking , unnodding , unsleeping , unwinking , urbane , wakeful ,
watchful , wide-awake


Created By Paul Kinlan. Web Hosting by SwitchMedia.