Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being solicitous; solicitude.
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- noun The state or quality of being
solicitous .
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- noun a feeling of excessive concern
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pehrson was a good man, but this kind of solicitousness Baker found annoying.
The Great Gray Plague Raymond F. Jones 1954
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Justified or not, the National's extreme solicitousness about nudity might not be unrelated to a growing adult panic about premature sexualisation which, despairing at the tide of pornography, repeatedly fixates on banning or suppressing the wrong or most trivial things, from lurid stories to slutty dollies and trashy children's clothes which enrage parents who would never buy them anyway.
Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage | Catherine Bennett 2011
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She could see that he was worn out, and her sympathy and solicitousness in the weeks that followed endeared her to him more than ever.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Brennan had not entirely adjusted to the presence of women acting as advocates at the Court, either, as suggested by his excessive solicitousness of the pregnant Torregrossa.
Excerpts from 'Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion' by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel 2010
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She could see that he was worn out, and her sympathy and solicitousness in the weeks that followed endeared her to him more than ever.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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One also gets a backstage world, the super-star entourage, managers and publicists whose solicitousness and expertise at their roles mirrored the maestro's intensity.
Allan M. Jalon: Capturing Bernstein: Behind The Lens Of Steve J. Sherman Allan M. Jalon 2011
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What others say "His public demeanour is one of intense solicitousness and earnest courtesy, without a trace of aristocratic hauteur."
Emperor Akihito: A bulwark against a sea of troubles | Observer profile 2011
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Meetings would be called, consultations held and eventually decisions taken that may or may not baffle the recipients of the state's solicitousness: ie, a pier to nowhere which if from a distance a bemused observer squints his eyes while gazing at the otherwise stunning scene could, just barely, rid the hulk from consciousness for a second or two.
Mexico's endless Pacific beach: sun, surf, sand, seafood and solitude 2009
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One also gets a backstage world, the super-star entourage, managers and publicists whose solicitousness and expertise at their roles mirrored the maestro's intensity.
Allan M. Jalon: Capturing Bernstein: Behind The Lens Of Steve J. Sherman Allan M. Jalon 2011
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Meetings would be called, consultations held and eventually decisions taken that may or may not baffle the recipients of the state's solicitousness: ie, a pier to nowhere which if from a distance a bemused observer squints his eyes while gazing at the otherwise stunning scene could, just barely, rid the hulk from consciousness for a second or two.
Mexico's endless Pacific beach: sun, surf, sand, seafood and solitude 2009
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