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Definition: Attentively |
AttentivelyAdverb1. In an attentive manner; "he listened attentively". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attentively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: AttentivelySynonyms: paying attention (adv), with attention (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Attentively |
| English words defined with "attentively": attender, Attently, auditor ♦ Glout ♦ hearer, hearing ♦ Intentively ♦ keep tabs on ♦ listener, listening ♦ observe ♦ regard ♦ Tentifly ♦ watch, Wistly. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "attentively": Tentifly. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yes if I listen attentively. (Ideal Husband, An; writing credit: Oscar Wilde; Oliver Parker) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Farmers of Springfield, Colorado, listen attentively to H.H. Bennett of drought committee. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped push in the old jalopy into the wrecking company's lot, Scouts Norman Vitting (right) and Bill Rave watch attentively while Chas. Revell of the wrecking crew starts the wrecking job. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Francis Bacon | Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Whence it is plain, that shaking off a power, which force, and not right, hath set over any one, though it hath the name of rebellion, yet is no offence before God, but is that which he allows and countenances, though even promises and covenants, when obtained by force, have intervened: for it is very probable, to any one that reads the story of Ahaz and Hezekiah attentively, that the Assyrians subdued Ahaz, and deposed him, and made Hezekiah king in his father's lifetime; and that Hezekiah by agreement had done him homage, and paid him tribute all this time. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | She stood and listened very attentively, but no tears came into her eyes |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Examining more attentively this light which dawned upon his conscience, he recognised that it had a human form, and that this torch was the bishop |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Listen attentively to the child when he or she speaks. (references) | |
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| "Attentively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Attentively" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 106 | 31,637 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "attentively": listen attentively ♦ read very attentively. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "attentively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aandagtiglik, aandagtig (attentive). (various references) | |
Albanian | lexoj me vëmendje (peruse, read very attentively), dëgjoj me vëmendje (harken, hearken, listen attentively). (various references) | |
Chinese | "心 (diligently, intention, motive), 殷勤地, 嫈 (carefully). (various references) | |
Czech | pozornì naslouchat (listen attentively). (various references) | |
Dutch | met aandacht, attent (attentive, kind, obliging), aandachtig (attentive). (various references) | |
Esperanto | atente. (various references) | |
Finnish | tarkkaavasti, tarkkaavaisesti. (various references) | |
French | attentivement. (various references) | |
German | aufmerksame (mindfully, observingly), aufmerksam (alert, attentive, awake, considerate, keen, mindful, observant, observantly, observing, perceptive, thoughtful, thoughtfully), bedachte (considered, preconceived). (various references) | |
Greek | προσεκτικά (carefully, closely, gingerly, painstakingly), προσεχτικά, περιποιητικά. (various references) | |
Hebrew | בשים לב (considering). (various references) | |
Hungarian | figyelmesen (thoughtfully). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menyimak (observe attentively, scrutinize). (various references) | |
Italian | attentamente (carefully, closely). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 倩 (at length, carefully, deeply, profoundly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つらつら (at length, carefully, deeply, profoundly), せ" (at length, beam, before, boastfully usurping, boil down, broil, carefully, choice, clip, compilation, cork, deeply, editing, fire, former, gland, hermit, hundredth of a yen, late, line, old, parch, precedence, previous, priority, profoundly, roast, selection, snip, stopcock, stopper, the future, thousand, wire, wizard). (various references) | |
Korean | 세심하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | attentivelyay.(various references) | |
Polish | uważnie. (various references) | |
Romanian | atent (advertent, alert, amiable, attentive, careful, carefully, close, closely, complaisant, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, heedful, intent, jealous, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful). (various references) | |
Russian | внимательно (advertently, closely, thoughtfully). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pažljivo slušati (hang on, listen attentively), čitati vrlo pažljivo (read very attentively). (various references) | |
Spanish | atentamente (mindfully, obligingly, sharply, thoughtfully). (various references) | |
Swedish | andäktigt (devoutly), uppmärksamt (intently). (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างตั้งอกตั้งใจ. (various references) | |
Turkish | dikkatlice (carefully, cautiously, sharp, well), dikkatle (closely, gingerly, minutely, with care). (various references) | |
Turkmen | siсe. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dilgenter, intente, studiose, studiosissime. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 37, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Akoue akohn en orgh qumou kuriou kai meleth ek stomatoV autou exeleusetai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Audite auditionem in terrore vocis eius et sonum de ore illius procedentem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | He shal heren heringe in gastnesse of his vois, and the soun goende out of the mouth of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 37, Verse 2 |
| Albanian | Dëgjoni me vëmendje shungullimën e zërit të saj, gjëmimin që del nga goja e saj! |
| Cebuano | Patalinghug kamo, oh patalinghug sa lanog sa iyang tingog. Ug sa dinahunog nga mogula sa iyang baba. |
| Croatian | Èujte, èujte gromor glasa njegova, tutnjavu što mu iz usta izlazi. |
| Danish | Lyt dog til hans bragende Røst, til Drønet, der går fra hans Mund! |
| Dutch | Hoort met aandacht de beweging Zijner stem, en het geluid, dat uit Zijn mond uitgaat! |
| Finnish | Kuulkaa, kuulkaa hänen äänensä pauhinaa ja kohinaa, joka käy hänen suustansa. |
| French | Écoutez, écoutez le frémissement de sa voix, Le grondement qui sort de sa bouche! |
| German | O höret doch, wie der Donner zürnt, und was für Gespräch von seinem Munde ausgeht! |
| Haitian Creole | Nou tout, koute vwa Bondye! Koute jan l'ap gwonde! |
| Hungarian | Az egész ég alatt szétereszti azt, és villámát is a földnek széléig. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dengarlah suara Allah, hai kamu semua; dengarlah guruh yang keluar dari mulut-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dengarlah olehmu, dengarlah akan gempita bunyi suara-Nya, akan bunyi yang keluar dari pada mulut-Nya. |
| Italian | Udite, udite, il rumore della sua voce, il fragore che esce dalla sua bocca. |
| Maori | Ata whakarangona tona reo e papa ana, te pakutanga hoki e puta mai ana i tona mangai. |
| Norwegian | Hør, hør braket av hans røst og det drønn som går ut av hans munn! |
| Portuguese | Dai atentamente ouvidos ao estrondo da voz de Deus e ao sonido que sai da sua boca. |
| Rumanian | Ascultayi, ascultayi trqsnetul tunetului Squ, bubuitul care iese din gura Lui! |
| Russian | уМХЫБКФЕ, УМХЫБКФЕ ЗПМПУ еЗП Й ЗТПН, ЙУИП"СЭЙК ЙЪ ХУФ еЗП. |
| Spanish | Oíd atentamente el estruendo de su voz, el retumbo que sale de su boca. |
| Swedish | Hören, hören huru hans röst ljuder vred, hören dånet som går ut ur hans mun. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "attentively": inattentively. (additional references) | |
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"Attentively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atentively, attentivelly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attentively" (pronounced ute"ntivlē) |
| 6 | -n t i v l ē | substantively. |
| 5 | -t i v l ē | accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attractively, authoritatively, collectively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, constructively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, instinctively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, objectively, positively, preemptively, productively, prohibitively, prospectively, protectively, provocatively, qualitatively, relatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, sensitively, tentatively. |
| 4 | -i v l ē | aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively. |
| 3 | -v l ē | bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tentatively. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-t-t-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: attentive, tentative, ventilate. | |
-3 letters: levitate, natively, venality. | |
-4 letters: elative, entitle, layette, lineate, naively, naivete, naivety, nattily, navette, tantivy, tattily, veinlet, ventail, vilayet, vittate. | |
-5 letters: alevin, alvine, attent, entail, entity, evenly, lateen, latent, latten, lattin, leaven, lenity, levant, levity, litany, litten, lyttae, native, neatly, nettle, nettly, talent, tattie, tattle, telnet, tenail, teniae, tentie, tetany, tineal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-t-t-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: inattentively. | |
+5 letters: interpretatively. | |
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