1. showing care and concern for someone’s needs, comfort, or well-being
2. eager and anxious to do something
Usage: formal

Examples

• The nurse was very solicitous about the patient’s comfort.
• Her solicitous attention to detail impressed her supervisor.
• He was solicitous of his elderly neighbor’s welfare.
• The waiter was perhaps too solicitous, checking on us every few minutes.
• She remained solicitous throughout her friend’s recovery.
• The company was solicitous to maintain its good reputation.