Overattentive


[uh-ten-tiv] /əˈtɛn tɪv/

adjective
1.
characterized by or giving ; observant:
an attentive audience.
2.
thoughtful of others; considerate; polite; courteous:
an attentive host.
/ˌəʊvərəˈtɛntɪv/
adjective
1.
excessively careful to fulfil the needs and wants (of)
/əˈtɛntɪv/
adjective
1.
paying attention; listening carefully; observant
2.
(postpositive) often foll by to. careful to fulfil the needs or wants (of); considerate (about): she was always attentive to his needs
adj.

late 14c. (implied in attentively), from Old French attentif, from Vulgar Latin *attenditus, from Latin attentus “heedful, observant” (see attend). Sense of “actively ministering to the needs and wants” (of another person) is from early 16c. Related: Attentively.

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