solicitous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite full of anxiety and concern
    • solicitous parents
    • solicitous about the future
  2. adjective satellite showing hovering attentiveness
    • solicitous about her health
    • made solicitous inquiries about our family

WordNet

So*lic"it*ous adjective
Etymology
L. sollicitus, solicitus. See Solicit, v. t.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913