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SOLICITOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does solicitously mean?
• SOLICITOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb SOLICITOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a concerned and solicitous manner
Familiarity information: SOLICITOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a concerned and solicitous manner
Context example:
'Don't you feel well?' his mother asked solicitously
Pertainym:
solicitous (full of anxiety and concern)
Context examples
"I hope your neck doesn't stiffen up," the editor wished solicitously: "What do you say we all go out and have a drink on it—not the neck, of course, but the little rough-house?"
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The difficulty was great of driving his strange insensibility towards Harriet, from her mind, while he not only sat at her elbow, but was continually obtruding his happy countenance on her notice, and solicitously addressing her upon every occasion.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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