<adj.all> solicitous parents solicitous about the future
showing hovering attentiveness
<adj.all> solicitous about her health made solicitous inquiries about our family
Solicitous \So*lic"it*ous\, a.[L. sollicitus, solicitus. See {Solicit}, v. t.] Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. ``Solicitous of my reputation.'' --Dryden. ``He was solicitous for his advice.'' --Calerendon.
Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. --Jer. Taylor.
The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. --Clarendon. ※ -- {So*lic"it*ous*ly}, adv. -- {So*lic"it*ous*ness}, n.
Waiters seem more solicitous. And some private bus companies have begun offering candies to attract riders.
After postwar decades of assuming that their muscular greenbacks would reap bargains and solicitous respect, they are discovering humility.
He had been smilingly solicitous all afternoon.
She came from New York and, accompanied by a fashionable and solicitous daughter, was on her return journey across half the world.