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solicitous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++so·lic·i·tous /səˈlɪsɪtəs/ adjective formal  SYMPATHIZEvery concerned about someone’s safety, health, or comfort 关怀的,关切的;操心的solicitously adverbsolicitousness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
solicitousConversation stopped and everyone became frightfully solicitous.He dashed about her, solicitous but irascible.The door was locked but the Lady Eleanor could trust Dame Agatha, who was ever solicitous for her happiness.The boys were solicitous of each other's confidence: the quick were sensitive with the slow.My silences made him solicitous of me.Larry spoke to Davis in sympathetic and solicitous tones during the interview.We can see the soft expression in their eyes, caring and solicitous, watchful.
Origin solicitous (1500-1600) Latin sollicitus anxious
so·lic·i·tous adjectiveChineseSyllable
very or health, concerned about Corpus safety, comfort someone’s


solicitous
solicitous /səˈlɪsətəs, səˈlɪsɪtəs/ adjective formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: sollicitus 'anxious'
very concerned about someone’s safety, health, or comfort
—solicitously adverb
—solicitousness noun [uncountable]


so·lici·tousBrE /səˈlɪsɪtəs/ 🔊NAmE /səˈlɪsɪtəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) being very concerned for sb and wanting to make sure that they are comfortable, well or happy 操心的;关怀的;关切的 SYN attentive so·lici·tous·ly BrE /səˈlɪsɪtəsli/ 🔊NAmE /səˈlɪsɪtəsli/ 🔊 adverb