Antonyms for attentive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-ten-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : əˈtɛn tɪv

Definition of attentive

Origin : 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.

adj concentrating
adj considerate

Example sentences :

The latter was cruelly polite and attentive in his demeanour.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

She, on her part, fell at once attentive, grave and responsive.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

She paused a little under his attentive look, and then said, 'I hope there is no harm in it.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He handed her one of the printed bills, which she read with a steady and attentive face.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

My desire to learn made me attentive, prompt, and respectful.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

The coffee was all that coffee should be, and the waiter was silent and attentive.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

He was attentive and respectful to them, affectionate to Pauline.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various

Mr. Wiseman tells the story, Mr. Attentive comments upon it.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

There may be reason in this; but why so attentive to Miss Manly?
Extract from : « The Contrast » by Royall Tyler

Before 123 Octavio (attentive, with an appearance of uneasiness).
Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Synonyms for attentive

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