Both Uses
solicitous
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Arrowsmith
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- They persuaded him that mustard plasters were excellent for colds—solicitously they gathered about him, affixed an enormous plaster to his back, and afterward fondly removed it.†
Chpt 2solicitously = in a manner that shows care or concern for someone
- By several drinks Martin was warmed into a hazy carelessness, and Clif solicitously dragged him home after he had desired to fight three large academic sophomores.†
Chpt 6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(solicitous) showing care or concern for someone
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)