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attentively

/əˈtɛntɪvɫi/ adv B2 ✓

In an attentive manner.

Word Origin From Latin 'tendere' 'to stretch' with the prefix at- (ad- 'to, toward') — so attend is literally 'to stretch toward' something, to give it your attention. Attentively means doing something with that stretched focus. The same root gives us 'tension' (stretching), 'extend' (stretch out), and 'intend' (stretch inward, aim).

adv In an attentive manner. B2 ✓

The students listened attentively to the professor's lecture.

(副词) 专注地；专心地；认真地

学生们专注地听教授的讲座。

(adverbio) atentamente; con atención; cuidadosamente; detenidamente [De manera atenta.]

Los estudiantes escucharon atentamente la conferencia del profesor.

(adverbe) attentivement; avec attention [Avec attention; de manière attentive et concentrée.]

Les élèves écoutaient attentivement la conférence du professeur.

(Adverb) aufmerksam; konzentriert [auf eine aufmerksame, konzentrierte Weise; mit voller Aufmerksamkeit.]

Die Studierenden hörten dem Vortrag des Professors **attentively** zu.

(副詞) 注意深く、熱心に、集中して。

学生たちは教授の講義を熱心に聴いた。

(advérbio) atentamente [De maneira atenta.]

Os alunos ouviram atentamente a palestra do professor.

Synonyms: carefully closely alertly watchfully observantly heedfully thoughtfully conscientiously Antonyms: carelessly inattentively negligently distractedly
Word parts: at + tent + ive + ly

Common collocations

listen verb to prep be verb for prep more adv have verb of prep story subst watch verb read verb

Related words

tendency tension tendon tensile

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