Dictionary

attentively en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English attentifly, attentifli, equivalent to attentive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an attentive manner.
   • When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began 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:
   • 'It's a very clean cut,' said the Rat, examining it again attentively. 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

preattentively

Translations (22)

ca atentament (in an attentive manner) · fi huomaavaisesti (in an attentive manner) · th อย่างตั้งใจ (in an attentive manner) · pl uważnie (in an attentive manner) · hu figyelmesen (in an attentive manner) · txb anaiśai (in an attentive manner) · ru внима́тельно (in an attentive manner) · ug پۇختا (in an attentive manner) · pt atentamente (in an attentive manner) · it attentamente (in an attentive manner) · es atentamente (in an attentive manner) · fi tarkkaavaisesti (in an attentive manner) · pt atenciosamente (in an attentive manner) · nl oplettend (in an attentive manner) · de aufmerksam (in an attentive manner) · io atencoze (in an attentive manner) · th อย่างใจจดใจจ่อ (in an attentive manner) · eo atenteme (in an attentive manner) · pl bacznie (in an attentive manner) · fr attentivement (in an attentive manner) · ro atent (in an attentive manner) · hu figyelemmel (in an attentive manner)