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Word entry · 9 letters

attentive

Best crossword clue

"Paying close notice"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /əˈtɛntɪv/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeeintttvStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (often followed by ‘to’) giving care or attention

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • a husband attentive to his wife’s needs

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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