attentive

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈtɛntɪv/

Adjective

attentive

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

   She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.

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

     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.

2. Courteous; mindful.

   a husband attentive to his wife's needs

Synonyms

• audient
• reckful

Antonyms

• inattentive, reckless

Translations

• French: attentif
• German: aufmerksam
• Italian: attento
• Portuguese: atencioso, atento
• Russian: внима́тельный
• Spanish: atento, solícito

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