attentive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: attentive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attentive adj (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor" Antonym(s): inattentive taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" Synonym(s): heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention Antonym(s): heedless, unheeding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attentive \Atten"tive\ ([acr]tt[ecr]n"t[icr]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. Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful; circumspect; watchful. -- {Atten"tively}, adv. -- {Atten"tiveness}, n.