solicitous
suh-LIS-ih-tusadjMeaning eagerly caring about someone’s comfort and well-being
Memory hook so-LIS-it-us: “SO, LIST US your needs!”. “So, list us your needs: tea? a pillow? another blanket?” Lila fusses over Granny Mae’s sniffle. She is solicitous.
The solicitous host kept asking whether everyone had enough to eat.
In context Grandpa had only a mild cold, but Lila was so solicitous that she brought him tea, tucked in his blanket and checked on him every ten minutes.
Similar attentive, caring, concerned, thoughtful
Opposite neglectful, indifferent, unconcerned
From Latin sollicitus, “anxious, troubled.”