attentive

Etymology

From Middle English attentif, attentijf, from Old French attentif.

adj

1. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
   She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
   King-of-the-Sky was sitting alone in the Leeward Village meeting-house, gesticulating to the attentive shades of night, roaring out the genealogy of his ancestors, telling the sleeping world of his greatness. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94
2. Courteous; mindful.
   a husband attentive to his wife's needs