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solicitousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  solicitousness 
  n  :  a  feeling  of  excessive  concern  [syn:  {solicitude}]




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