All 3 Uses of
solicitous
in
Babbitt
- He marched upon them: Verona, a dumpy brown-haired girl of twenty-two, just out of Bryn Mawr, given to solicitudes about duty and sex and God and the unconquerable bagginess of the gray sports-suit she was now wearing.†
Chpt 2
- He was solicitous about lighting her cigarette and inquiring as to her comfort.†
Chpt 24 *
- His resentment was night-blurred; he was solicitous in inquiring, "What's the trouble, hon?"†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(solicitous) showing care or concern for someone