different between chivalrous vs attentive

English

Etymology

From Middle English chevalrous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v.?l.??s/

Adjective

chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)

1. (of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:

     Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.
2. involving chivalry.

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nt?v/

Adjective

attentive (comparative more attentive, superlative most attentive)

1. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

   She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.

   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94):

     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.

2. Courteous; mindful.

   a husband attentive to his wife's needs

Synonyms

• audient
• mindful
• reckful

Antonyms

• inattentive, reckless

Translations

See also

• alert
• wary
• watchful

Anagrams

• tentative

French

Adjective

attentive

1. feminine singular of attentif