Solicitous

a.

1.

Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. - Jer. Taylor. The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. - Clarendon.

Adj.	1.	solicitous - full of anxiety and concern; "solicitous parents"; "solicitous about the future"
	2.	solicitous - showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about about her health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family"

accommodating, accommodative, affable, agitated, agreeable, all-overish, anxioused up, apprehensive, ardent, athirst, attentive, avid, bothered, careful, caring, cautious, circumspect, civil, complaisant, concerned, considerate, courteous, curious, deferential, delicate, desirous, disquieted, disturbed, eager, earnest, fair, fearful, foreboding, graceful, gracious, heedful, helpful, impatient, in a pucker, in a stew, indulgent, keen, lenient, loving, mindful, mindful of others, misgiving, nervous, obliging, on tenterhooks, overanxious, overapprehensive, perturbed, polite, raring, regardful, respectful, strained, suspenseful, tactful, tender, tense, thirsty, thoughtful, tolerant, troubled, uneasy, urbane, worried, zealous

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