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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attentive/əˈtentɪv/

▶adjective

1 paying close attention.

2 assiduously attending to the comfort or wishes of others.

– derivatives
attentively adverb,
attentiveness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. attentif, -ive, from atendre (see attend).

'attentive' also found in these Oxford entries:

asleep - clean - fastidious - gallant - house-proud - obsequious - precise - scrupulous

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attentive as much to what lasts as to what moves
be attentive to their patients
despite attentive economic and financial analyses
more attentive to him than (to) her other students

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