Observant
[əb'zɜːv(ə)nt] or [əb'zɝvənt]
Definition
(adj.) paying close attention especially to details .
(adj.) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception .
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Definition
(a.) Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.
(a.) Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules.
(n.) One who observes forms and rules.
(n.) A sycophantic servant.
(n.) An Observantine.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Mindful, regardful, heedful, attentive, watchful.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Regardful, attentive, mindful, obedient, watchful, heedful,
ANT:Disregardful, neglectful, unmindful, disobedient, heedless
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Examples
- She was aware of Mademoiselle standing near, like a little French beetle, observant and calculating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Yet while Dr. Bretton continued subdued, and, for him, sedate, he was still observant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He seemed to like nice details almost as much as I liked them myself: he seemed observant of character: and not superficially observanteither. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In a few moments, a man stood in his presence, who, with a keenly observant look at him, addressed him by his name. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This was one aspect of life as it presented itself to the sensitive and observant young operator in Louisville. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr Wegg was an observant person, or, as he himself said, 'took a powerful sight of notice'. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am naturally observant, as you may have remarked, Mr. Holmes, and I soon had a pretty good plan of the whole house in my head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With a darkening face my friend strode along the margin, eagerly observant of every muddy stain upon the mossy surface. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gerald moved in his slow, observant, glistening-attentive motion down between the tables and the people whose shadowy faces looked up as he passed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had replaced his neckerchief loosely, and had stood, keenly observant of me, biting a long end of it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mrs Lammle, by far the more observant of the two, scarcely finds it necessary to look at Twemlow while he speaks, so easily does she read him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When I raised my eyes, I found that she was steadily observant of me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Walker was an observant man, who has since that time installed a number of waterworks systems and obtained several patents of his own. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The happy pair of swindlers, with the comfortable tie between them that each had swindled the other, sat moodily observant of the tablecloth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The observant and thoughtful reader finds just here occasion to inquire the meaning of this great rising tide of progress which has so distinguished the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A folded note half buckled up in the pocket-book, and half protruding from it, caught his observant glance. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Pleasant inquired, taking her observant stand on one side of the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Be quite sure of what you say, Tough, returns Bucket, narrowly observant of him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We shall hear,' said Wrayburn, very observant of his face withal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We each have an observant faculty. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If our observant lady readers can deduce any satisfactory inferences from these facts, we beg them by all means to do so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- George, observant of the action, takes him in his arms again and places him as he desires to be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Observant of his unwillingness to mar the effect by opening it again, Defarge said, Go on, Jacques. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To be conscious is to be aware of what we are about; conscious signifies the deliberate, observant, planning traits of activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But what impressed the observant, thoroughgoing German was the breadth with which the whole lighting art had been elaborated and perfected, even at that early day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She will be as well in a day or two, said Mr. Woodcourt, looking at her with an observant smile, as she ever will be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- While she perused them he took his tea quietly; but though his tongue was still, his observant faculties seemed by no means off duty. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- About 1764 a little accident occurring in the home of James Hargreaves, an English weaver of Blackburn, suggested to that observant person an invention that was as important as that of Kay. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After one exceedingly observant look at him, his companion relapsed into his lightest air. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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