Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an intent manner; with close attention or application; with eagerness or earnestness; fixedly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an intent manner.
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- adverb In an
intent orfocused manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with strained or eager attention
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Examples
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By looking at the label intently, the consumers will know what exactly is the content of the product.
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He was slightly quartering toward me peering intently from the shade of evergreen across a canyon.
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He was slightly quartering toward me peering intently from the shade of evergreen across a canyon.
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One team that figures to listen intently is Weis 'former coaching colleague with the Patriots, Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel.
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There was a time when I listened to your word intently, but now I turn the channel to avoid the lies and spin you put on things.
Think Progress » In Shift To Right, McCain Embraces Henry Kissinger 2006
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Studying her expression intently, he added, ‘I am quite alone, Becca.’
The Carides Pregnancy Lawrence, Kim 2005
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Hagar turned from replacing the last of the china, she was startled out of her usual gay indifference at the sight of a handsome pair of dark eyes regarding her intently from the open window.
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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Lady Russell's eyes being turned exactly in the direction for him -- of her being, in short, intently observing him.
Persuasion 1892
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She looked at her however, from time to time, anxiously; and when the moment approached which must point him out, though not daring to look again (for her own countenance she knew was unfit to be seen), she was yet perfectly conscious of Lady Russell's eyes being turned exactly in the direction for him -- of her being, in short, intently observing him.
Persuasion Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1892
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Higgins’s choice to specialize so intently is unique to the Finger Lakes and might be a bit of a shock to some consumers, although most wine enthusiasts will sense the Old World emulation that Higgins is attempting to display.
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