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adjective

Observant adj.

Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; carefully attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits. "Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd."

Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); with of, as, to be observant of rules. "We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle."

noun

Observant n.

One who observes forms and rules. (Obs.)

A sycophantic servant. (Obs.) "Silly ducking observants, That stretch their duties nicely."

(R. C. Ch.) An Observantine.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Observant" Quotes from Famous Books

... Bass's letters to his mother is a misfortune which the student of Australian history must deplore. He was observant, shrewd, an untiring traveller, and an entertaining correspondent. He probably related to his mother, to whom he wrote frequently, the story of his excursions and experiences, and the historical value of all that he wrote would be ...

— The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders • Ernest Scott

... critically observant, wondered if he had not interrupted a second rapid look between father and daughter. He could not be sure, but at all events the girl hastened to ...

— The Pit Prop Syndicate • Freeman Wills Crofts

... name of the Lord, and, as a Christian bishop, I would bid you remember Him who is the God of battles, Him by whom nations are led to victory and preserved in peace. Be men of resolution and men of energy, pacific in your profession and disinterested in your patriotism, observant of your duty to your queen, your ...

— The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock • Ferdinand Brock Tupper

... closely observant of Tryon's moods, marked a decided change in his manner after his return from his trip to Patesville. His former moroseness had given way to a certain defiant lightness, broken now and then by an involuntary sigh, but maintained so well, on ...

— The House Behind the Cedars • Charles W. Chesnutt

... district and the middle one, to the door of which led the paved path, of brick and timber; latticed windows with stone mullions gave little light to the room within, and certain new windows had been added; these could be detected by the observant eye for they had a markedly older appearance than the rest. The front-door, similarly, seemed as if it must have been made years before the house, the fact being that the one which Mrs Lucas had found there was too dilapidated to be of the slightest ...

— Queen Lucia • E. F. Benson

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