ob·ser·vant
əb-ˈzər-vənt 
1
a
: paying strict attention : watchful
an observant spectator
b
: keen, perceptive
observant of the mistakes of others
Good reporters are keenly observant of everything around them.
observantly
adverb
obsolete
: an assiduous or obsequious servant or attendant
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Adjective
A particularly observant child, he noticed even the slightest changes in the classroom.
Good reporters are keenly observant of everything around them.
The family is strictly observant.
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Jon Gambrell, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Kogan was an emissary of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, a prominent and highly observant branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism based in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood in New York City.
—Tia Goldenberg and Jon Gambrell The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
Small and observant, Mars lived with her parents and extended kin in a Victorian house with a library and a piano, around which the family gathered to sing show tunes.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Kogan was an emissary of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, a prominent and highly observant branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism based in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood in New York City.
—Jon Gambrell, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Kogan was an emissary of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, a prominent and highly observant branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism based in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood in New York City.
—Tia Goldenberg and Jon Gambrell The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
Jewish residents moving to the Boynton Beach area do not all abide by these kosher laws; the observant are only a small percentage, less than 2%, according to a 2018 survey by the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
Small and observant, Mars lived with her parents and extended kin in a Victorian house with a library and a piano, around which the family gathered to sing show tunes.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Observant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observant. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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