solicitous
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Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Yet this may be an occasion where she is being too solicitous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Suzanne has an iron will that she thinly veils with a solicitous smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
They emphasise that Palace staff thought the Trumps were warm and solicitous guests in 2019, both keen not to put a foot wrong.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
Frank’s was the first idea; and his the greatest zeal in pursuing it; for the lady was the best judge of the difficulties, and the most solicitous for accommodation and appearance.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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