advertent

[ ad-vur-tnt ]

/ ædˈvɜr tnt /

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attentive; heedful.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

1665–75; <Latin advertent- (stem of advertēns, present participle of advertere), equivalent to ad-ad- + vert- turn + -ent--ent

ad·vert·ent·ly, adverb