Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Attentively; intently.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete Attentively; closely.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb With an intentive attitude or manner.

Etymologies

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intentive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But, she began working intentively with four grandmasters, and the work paid off.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

  • But, she began working intentively with four grandmasters, and the work paid off.

    Kosteniuk "Not Just a Chess Kournikova" Jan 2008

  • …Let us therefore when we will intentively pray for removing of evil either say, or think, or mean, nought else nor no more words, but this little word “sin.”

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • And if we will intentively pray for getting of good, let us cry, either with word or with thought or with desire, nought else nor no more words, but this word “God.”

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • …Let us therefore when we will intentively pray for removing of evil either say, or think, or mean, nought else nor no more words, but this little word “sin.”

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • And if we will intentively pray for getting of good, let us cry, either with word or with thought or with desire, nought else nor no more words, but this word “God.”

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • Then held he out his chin, most intentively looking upon Thaumast.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • Then held he out his chin, most intentively looking upon Thaumast.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • (PHC) Nurse Facilitators sponsored by the Chamber of Mines, Dr Zuma said, "We all urgently and intentively need to be looking at every possible way to make sure the roles, functions and abilities of women are taken seriously".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively: I did consent;

    An Address by Mr. Walter Huston 1935

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