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alertly

/əˈɫɝtɫi/ adv

In an alert manner; with alertness.

Word Origin From Italian all'erta 'on the watchtower' — the idea of being raised up, vigilant. The root goes back to Latin rigere 'to make straight' and PIE *reg- 'to lead, rule' (also in regal, direct). So alertly means 'in a watchful, ready manner,' literally like a guard on a tower.

adv In an alert manner; with alertness.

The guard watched alertly for any signs of intruders.

(副词) 警觉地

警卫警觉地监视着任何入侵者的迹象。

(adverbio) alerta; vigilantemente; atentamente [De manera alerta; con atención.]

El guardia vigilaba atentamente cualquier señal de intrusos.

(adverbe) vigilamment; avec vigilance; attentivement [De manière vigilante ; avec attention et vivacité.]

Le gardien surveillait alertly tout signe d'intrus.

(Adverb) wachsam; aufmerksam [**alertly** *Adverb* – aufmerksam und wachsam; mit gespannter Aufmerksamkeit.]

Der Wächter beobachtete **alertly** jede verdächtige Bewegung.

(副詞) 警戒して、注意深く、機敏に。

警備員は侵入者の気配がないかと注意深く見張っていた。

(advérbio) alerta; atentamente; vigilantemente; com atenção [De maneira alerta; com atenção e vigilância.]

O guarda vigiava atentamente qualquer sinal de intrusos.

Synonyms: watchfully vigilantly attentively carefully warily cautiously observantly wide-awake Antonyms: carelessly inattentively negligently drowsily
Word parts: alert + ly

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