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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
1A2T3T4E5N6T7I8V9E

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

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