solicitously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

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adv

"“Have another cup of coffee, mademoiselle?” said Poirot solicitously. “It will revive you. It is unparalleled for the mal de tête.” He jumped up and took her cup."
"There was a buzz of speculation round the table. Bond's neighbours on both sides of him bent forward and spoke solicitously about the heat and the lateness of the hour and the smoke and the lack of air."

Etymology tree English solicitous Middle English -ly English -ly English solicitously From solicitous + -ly.

more solicitously (comparative) most solicitously (superlative)

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