solicitousness

as in carefulness
attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother

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Noun
  • Indeed, the designer’s intentions are based on high ideals — kindness, tolerance and humility among them — even if his methods can sometime shock.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
  • Her courage, kindness, and determination touched the lives of everyone who knew her.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • At first idly, then with what appears to be solicitude, and finally with the glee of a cat cornering a mouse before killing it, Gustav pokes into Adi’s professional failures, connecting them to Tekla’s galling success.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • And not just because the Supreme Court has shown great solicitude for Trump in recent years.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • On both the commercial, as well as the military side, the ability to deliver against order books was a paramount concern due to the ongoing ramp in commercial deliveries, and the shortfalls in munitions and missiles from wars in Ukraine and the mid-East.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • This has increased concern over escalating rhetoric and the possibility that individual actors will feel compelled to take matters into their own hands.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Household appliances emerged champion among the categories, bringing in 110.1 billion yuan in sales, while beauty and skin care products clocked in 43.2 billion yuan in sales, according to Syntun.
    Bernice Ooi, CNBC, 20 June 2025
  • But for one white horse, true happiness looks a little different—flat on its side, sound asleep, and snoring without a care in the world.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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“Solicitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitousness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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