Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Attentive

Attentive (at*ten"tiv) , adjective

[Compare French attentif.]

1.
Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person is attentive to the words, and to the manner and matter, of a speaker at the same time.

2.
Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.