solicitous
adjective
1. eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
- solicitous parents
- solicitous about the future
Similar word(s): concerned
2. showing attentiveness or concern.
- solicitous about her health
- made solicitous inquiries about our family
Similar word(s): attentive
Sentences with solicitous as an adjective:
- Solicitous of my reputation. -John Dryden.He was solicitous for his advice. -Edward Hyde Clarendon.Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. - Jeremy Taylor.The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. -Edward Hyde Clarendon.