solicitous

solicitous
    adj 1: full of anxiety and concern; "solicitous parents";
           "solicitous about the future"
    2: showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about her
       health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family"
    

Solicitous \So*lic"it*ous\, a.[L. sollicitus, solicitus. See
   {Solicit}, v. t.]
   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.
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         Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not
         solicitous about the future.             --Jer. Taylor.
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         The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not
         enough solicitous to finish the fortifications.
                                                  --Clarendon.
   [1913 Webster] -- {So*lic"it*ous*ly}, adv. --
   {So*lic"it*ous*ness}, n.
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "solicitous":
      accommodating, accommodative, affable, agitated, agreeable,
      all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, ardent, athirst,
      attentive, avid, bothered, careful, caring, cautious, circumspect,
      civil, complaisant, concerned, considerate, courteous, curious,
      deferential, delicate, desirous, disquieted, disturbed, eager,
      earnest, fair, fearful, foreboding, graceful, gracious, heedful,
      helpful, impatient, in a pucker, in a stew, indulgent, keen,
      lenient, loving, mindful, mindful of others, misgiving, nervous,
      obliging, on tenterhooks, overanxious, overapprehensive, perturbed,
      polite, raring, regardful, respectful, strained, suspenseful,
      tactful, tender, tense, thirsty, thoughtful, tolerant, troubled,
      uneasy, urbane, worried, zealous