Meaning & use
Attentiveness
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The quality of paying close attention to someone or something, or being thoughtfully considerate.
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The waiter's attentiveness made the dinner feel special.
Her attentiveness to detail caught an error the rest of the team had missed.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'attentive' plus '-ness,' commonly used to describe both careful focus and considerate service.
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Words with an opposite meaning
inattentivenesscarelessness
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