solicitous

adjective so·lic·i·tous \ sə-ˈli-sə-təs , -ˈli-stəs \

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: solicitous in a Sentence

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Definition of solicitous

1 : manifesting or expressing solicitude

a solicitous inquiry about his health

2 : full of concern or fears : apprehensive

solicitous about the future

3 : meticulously careful

solicitous in matters of dress

4 : full of desire : eager

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solicitously

adverb

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solicitousness

noun

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Examples of solicitous in a Sentence

I appreciated his solicitous inquiry about my health.
He had always been solicitous for the welfare of his family.

Recent Examples of solicitous from the Web

Trump’s bitter clashes with Canada and Europe over trade, as well as his solicitous courtship of North Korea’s brutal dictator, all reflect this mercantile perspective.

— tory newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: It's U.S. states that will bear the brunt of Trump's tariffs," 14 June 2018
Service ☆☆ 1/2 Service on occasion can be an odd combination of slow and overly solicitous.

— kate washington, sacbee, "It's not flashy or splashy, but Roseville's Ciao excels at cooking classic Italian," 8 June 2018
The move follows criticism from consumer groups who argue the CFPB is now more solicitous of industry input, a turnaround for an agency once viewed as their ally.

— lalita clozel, WSJ, "Consumer Agency Tosses Members of Advisory Groups," 6 June 2018
White House officials privately assess that the world leaders most solicitous toward Trump are rarely the most effective.

— Washington Post, "Trump rarely conducts business as usual with foreign leaders," 7 June 2018
Another politician whom donors mentioned as solicitous of New York is Steve Bullock, the governor of Montana.

— shane goldmacher, New York Times, "The First 2020 Race Is Underway: Scrambling for New York Donors," 9 June 2018
Our waiter was a joy and couldn’t have been more solicitous.

— si liberman, San Antonio Express-News, "Living it up on MSC Seaside’s ship within a ship," 5 June 2018
Throughout the meal, friendly, solicitous service capped the appealing experience.

— tim smith, baltimoresun.com, "High marks for Topside in food, drink and view," 22 May 2018
The service was solicitous, and the food was tasty and fresh.

— troy l. smith, cleveland.com, "Rae Sremmurd joins Wiz Khalifa for 'Dazed & Blazed' tour," 15 May 2018

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Did You Know?

If you're solicitous about learning the connections between words, you'll surely want to know about the relationship between "solicitous" and another word you've probably heard before-"solicit." "Solicitous" doesn't come from "solicit," but the two words are related. They both have their roots in the Latin word sollicitus, meaning "anxious." "Solicitous" itself came directly from this Latin word, whereas "solicit" made its way to English with a few more steps. From "sollicitus" came the Latin verb sollicitare, meaning "to disturb, agitate, move, or entreat." Forms of this verb were borrowed into Anglo-French, and then Middle English, and have survived in Modern English as "solicit."