intently
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3.1
- adverb
- /ɪnˈtɛntli/
:
atentamente
- She stared intently at the painting, trying to understand the artist's message.
- listen intently
- watch intently
- focus intently
And Robert Nordlander, I'll be watching very intently, I'm sure.
- And Robert Nordlander, I'll be watching very intently, I'm sure.
- So they'd be, they were intently listening to me.
- So the first honest signal is he listens intently to you.
- So like I'm I'll be a beat behind and then, but I'll be thinking intently and forming my thought.
- But but no, with with Kevin Costner, I felt I was almost listening too intently.
- If I'm listening intently to you, I have a resting serial killer face.
- So then you're intently listening and you'll just hear the little crackle as it moves around and just the odd big breath.
- The second thing I have to say is study your role intently.
- Like how do you focus in so intently on your customer, customer obsession, to your point?
Examples
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Five or six preschool students were intently working on computers as I walked in.
Academic text (1993) -
So when we couldn't be at the park, we were at the kitchen table listening intently to every broadcast.
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After some time, I began to look more intently at the space.
Academic text (2011) -
With both girls watching me intently, I turn the package in my hands.
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Huh, why does she look at the clock so intently?
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But I was very, very impressed by how intently you tried to warn me.
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And I think that this is something we're focusing on very intently.
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A male black bear watches intently as another male walks past.
Academic text (2011) -
Students are clustered in several groups and intently peering at their research equipment.
Academic text (2004) -
Mr. Lefcowicz was staring intently out the window at the wintry day, his back to us.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
269
1.4
With careful attention to small details
88
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
9
3.0
With care and strong focus on what you see or hear
6
5.0
To do something carefully and with full attention while learning
2
4.8
Someone looks at something without moving their eyes
2
3.9
Carefully and with full attention to what you do
1
3.2
In a quick and watchful way that notices and reacts to things
Giving something your full attention
In a careful way that notices small details
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intently comes from the parts in- 'toward' and tend 'to stretch', the same idea you see in attend. So to look or listen intently is like 'stretching' your attention toward something and giving it your full focus.