All 5 Uses of
solicitous
in
The House of Mirth
- "Is it quite right—I haven't made it too strong?" she asked solicitously; and he replied with conviction that he had never tasted better tea.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- "You're quite sure," she added solicitously, as the latter extricated herself, "that you wouldn't like me to telephone for Lawrence Selden?"†
Chpt 1.4
- In consequence of this hint, Lily found herself the centre of that feminine solicitude which envelops a young woman in the mating season.†
Chpt 1.4
- Even Gerty Farish, who welcomed Lily's return with tender solicitude, would soon be preparing to join the aunt with whom she spent her summers on Lake George: only Lily herself remained without plan or purpose, stranded in a backwater of the great current of pleasure.†
Chpt 2.5
- Mrs. Fisher looked about her with the eye of the solicitous hostess.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(solicitous) showing care or concern for someone