solicitous
solicitous
Definition
so·lici·tous (sə lis′ə təs)
so·lic′i·tously adverb
so·lic′i·tous·ness noun
solicitous
Synonyms
solicitous
Usage Examples
Preposition: for
- safety: One nearly arrived in the royal box, and Sir Herbert Wilberforce was solicitous for the safety of the royalty there.
Modifies a noun
- care: First a solicitous care for the body, then Satan tempts a risk of the body.
- attention: The fits and fasts were the means by which Sarah could prolong the solicitous attention she had received during her real illness.
- inquiry: A kind word, a solicitous inquiry, a cigarette, changed his attitude.
- father: Will not a fond mother, a solicitous father, give to a beloved child everything within a parent's power?
Modifying Another Word
- very: During the first few days I thought she seemed very solicitous to win his admiration.
- so: The dependence on investment income perhaps explains why the government is so solicitous toward the City.
- extremely: Or could it be that Abraham was, as a fond father, extremely solicitous of his son's welfare and safety?
- particularly: Their lashes flash blue or violet, and they are particularly solicitous of male shoppers.
- equally: Everyone there ( I was the only American ) were equally solicitous.
Browse dictionary entries near solicitous
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