attentively
English
Etymology
From Middle English attentifly, attentifli, equivalent to attentive + -ly.
Adverb
attentively (comparative more attentively, superlative most attentively)
- In an attentive manner.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- `It's a very clean cut,' said the Rat, examining it again attentively.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Translations
in an attentive manner
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