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Meanings of very attentive in English

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Usage of very attentive in English
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I was very attentive and vigilant, in the presence of my company.
The Bark Covered House / Or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Gr...
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He sat down and told the story to two very attentive listeners.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
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Perhaps he also was not very attentive to his Reverence the Chaplain.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
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I am sure, it is very attentive of them to remember me.
Cranford
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I became very attentive and, after chatting for some time, I said:
Original Short Stories — Volume 05
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Then he looked around him at the crowd, which was very attentive.
The Hustler
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Frank was a frightened but very attentive watcher of all they did.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12...
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Calonne became very attentive, and his neighbor, Madame de Genlis, rather anxious.
Catherine De Medici
9
He took me into dinner at Mrs. Brompton's, and was very attentive.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
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Mrs. P. Lord Highgate was very attentive to Miss Newcome, was he?
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
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Unfortunately, I also needed Julia's help, and she wasn't very attentive.
Lily of the Nile
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They're very attentive, and what they're most known for is their work ethic.
Wired
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Sleep and forget about Hastings, although tonight he'd been very attentive to her.
The spurned viscountess
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He was very attentive-seriouslyso; he was really very far gone.
Roderick Hudson
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They were very attentive, and I never felt more comfortable in a lecture.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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He was very attentive to her when we were in Boston.
Minnie's Sacrifice
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Very attentive through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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