All 3 Uses
solicitous
in
My Antonia
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- His fresh color and sandy hair and quick-changing blue eyes are those of a young man, and his sympathetic, solicitous interest in women is as youthful as it is Western and American.†
Book Intr. *solicitous = showing care or concern for someone
- She seemed indifferent to her possessions, was not half so solicitous about them as her friends were.†
Book 2
- I was thinking about Antonia and her children; about Anna's solicitude for her, Ambrosch's grave affection, Leo's jealous, animal little love.†
Book 5solicitude = behavior that shows care or concern for someone
Definitions:
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(1)
(solicitous) showing care or concern for someone
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)