EGAVE

solicitous

About 0.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.
  2. adjective (Usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause) Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways: In a conscientious way, often with kindness.
    solicitous about a person's health
  3. adjective In a conscientious way, often with kindness.
    solicitous about a person's health
  4. adjective In an eager way.
  5. adjective In an anxious or distressed way.

Similar words

concerned attentive solicitory gainful suasible disposed enticeful seducible amenable suasive

Often followed by

to for of about and that care in as

Word family

solicitously solicitousness solicitousnesses

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