overly solicitous
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Jane, whose timidity is evident in the way she only reluctantly takes off her winter coat, behaves as though she’s been abducted by an overly solicitous kidnapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
At the OMB, where the nation’s policy objectives often brutally intersect with its fiscal realities, the Decadal Survey offered Parriott and his colleagues a foolproof way of dismissing overly solicitous astronomers.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2021
But you can’t make up for his failures as a parent by being overly solicitous on your end.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2019
But with fearful children, you have to balance validating emotions with not being overly solicitous.
From Time ● Aug. 9, 2011
We’ve all met them — the overly solicitous salesperson who just doesn’t get the hint, the superfriendly waiter angling for a tip, the eager young hair stylist chopping away while talking with abandon.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2011
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