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
solicitously
adverbsolicitousness
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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
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The objective was to significantly lower premiums for the kind of people Republicans seem most solicitous about — younger and healthier people buying individual policies who aren’t poor enough to qualify for purchasing subsidies.
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The president and his staff would not be so solicitous.
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The young Republicans, not surprisingly, were far more solicitous of the sitting attorney general.
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On the Palestinian side, there is little to lose in being solicitous of Mr. Trump.
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Frictions with the administration come with the territory, even as many in the briefing room are solicitous to the point of unseemly apple-polishing of the spokesman.
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For months before Americans voted last year, European leaders denounced Donald Trump — only to have to make amends this year with solicitous visits to the new U.S. president at the White House.
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The Augusta National Golf Club uses that term and so do many of its business partners, like a long-solicitous CBS.
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Shiffrin is sweet and genuine off the slopes, respectful and solicitous of others.
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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."
Origin and Etymology of solicitous
Latin sollicitus
SOLICITOUS Defined for English Language Learners
solicitous
playDefinition of solicitous for English Language Learners
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: showing concern or care for someone's health, happiness, etc.
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