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solicitous

[suh-lis-i-tuhs] / səˈlɪs ɪ təs /


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Yet this may be an occasion where she is being too solicitous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

We stayed at the same rental as last year and this time they were extra solicitous, gifting us not one but two packages of frozen croissants from the Utah tradwife influencer Ballerina Farm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

He was unfailingly polite, even solicitous, enquiring about my family, and the journey to Syria.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

He first began overseeing the case in 2020, and over the months, a dualistic approach emerged: He was solicitous in the courtroom and scathing in written decisions.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

I rose; I dressed myself with care: obliged to be plain—for I had no article of attire that was not made with extreme simplicity—I was still by nature solicitous to be neat.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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