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observant

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ob·ser·vant  (b-zûrvnt)
adj.
1. Quick to perceive or apprehend; alert: an observant traveler. See Synonyms at careful.
2. Diligent in observing a law, custom, duty, or principle: observant of the speed limit.
ob·servant·ly adv.
observant
Adjective
quick to notice details around one; sharp-eyed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.observant - paying close attention especially to details
attentive - (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"
2.observant - quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
observing
perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
3.observant - (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs; "law-abiding citizens"; "observant of the speed limit"
law-abiding
lawful - conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"
observant
adjective 1. attentive, quick, alert, perceptive, concentrating, careful, vigilant, mindful, watchful, wide-awake, sharp-eyed, eagle-eyed, keen-eyed, on your toes, heedful << OPPOSITE unobservant
adjective 2. devout, godly, holy, orthodox, pious, obedient, reverent
Translations
observant [əbˈzəːvnt] adj → observador(a)
observant [əbˈzəːvnt] adj → observateur/trice
observant [əbˈzəːvənt] adj → aufmerksam
observant [əbˈzəːvnt] adj → attento/a


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The older girls, who helped to break up the wild sod, learned so much from life, from poverty, from their mothers and grandmothers; they had all, like Antonia, been early awakened and made observant by coming at a tender age from an old country to a new.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
In some instances, to the quick, observant eye, those linear marks, as in a veritable engraving, but afford the ground for far other delineations.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Though he was certainly rather bigger than the other men in the room, her anxiety could only have reference to the clever though shy, but observant and natural, expression which distinguished him from everyone else in that drawing room.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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