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Solicitous Suh Lih Suh Tuhs Suh Lihs Tuhs Adjective Apprehensive Meticulously Careful Full

Solicitous means apprehensive, meticulously careful, or full of desire and eager.

Solicitous means apprehensive, meticulously careful, or full of desire and eager.

Front solicitous \suh-LIH-suh-tuhs or suh-LIHS-tuhs\
Back adjective
1. Apprehensive.
2. Meticulously careful.
3. Full of desire: eager.

[From Latin sollus (whole). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sol- (whole), which brought us solid, salute, save, salvo, soldier, catholicity, salutary, and salubrious. Earliest documented use: 1563.]

"The staff is solicitous of its core customer; efficient with others." - Alexandra Jacobs; Dennis Basso's New Shop; The New York Times; Dec 12, 2013.

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