attentively

adverb

as in conscientiously

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Recent Examples of attentively Anyway, Evelyn appeared to be listening attentively to Jack, though her eyes remained glued to the stage. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 Gnocchi sits attentively on a Beverly Grove sidewalk with his owner, Julia Luke. — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 An interesting and useful way to attentively explore the LMS is via the use of AI personas. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Normal in the sense that Shanahan has attentively watched every practice, typically doing so about 30 yards behind the defense. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 The Child has placed his foot on the basket of yarns and has grasped the yarnwinder and gazes attentively at the four spokes that are in the form of a cross. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 At one point during the BBC’s broadcast of the event, as shared by a fan on X, the cameras cut to show Kate explaining something about the match to her daughter, who looked on attentively and nodded. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 14 July 2026 Some active kids glossed over at the lengthy speeches, some watched and listened attentively, eyes sparkling at the work that was put in to launch the league and at the possibility of playing professional soccer. — Pj Green july 11, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026 Two of my cousins, both women in their early 20s, came to sit behind me a few minutes into the interview, watching attentively. — Eythana Miller, The Dial, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attentively
  1. conscientiously
  2. thoroughly
  3. seriously
  4. earnestly
  5. exhaustively
  6. painstakingly
  7. ardently
  8. meticulously
Adverb
  • One way in which Wounaan do so is conscientiously sharing and redistributing food, money, wisdom and the like to foster equity.
    — Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
  • By thinking locally, building conscientiously, and operationalizing sustainability in our deployment choices, AI users, companies, and developers can also help ensure that the infrastructure powering our future doesn’t cost us the earth.
    — Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026
Definition of conscientiously
Adverb
  • Throughout, the thoroughly modern bathrooms have anti-fog mirrors and fluffy robes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • My sympathies are entirely with Prince William, who's a thoroughly honorable, decent young man who's just had it with his brother and wants nothing to do with him.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • John had become seriously ill with a liver disease, and the couple had relocated to Koh Samui to seek out a special herb that grew here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The only person willing to take Calvin’s concerns seriously is Fonda Howander (Mackenzie Davis), a marine zoologist researching out of a nearby facility.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of seriously
Adverb
  • His query was earnestly tackled by the engineers at the RAND Corporation, who, in 1955, published a book composed only of a series of unrelated numerals piled up in neat rows.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This time around, Demna seemed to be speaking more earnestly about glamour and style, and to a customer base that fashion often pretends is not there.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of earnestly
Adverb
  • It has also only been trained on a limited number of cell types that biologists have studied exhaustively.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Preservation Connecticut’s searchable surveys, built in collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, exhaustively document historic barns, mills, artistic places, and town greens in every part of the state.
    — Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhaustively
Adverb
  • Shaiman even helped oversee the editing process, painstakingly tweaking his narration.
    — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The sets for our covers, painstakingly assembled by the creative director Jana Frost, are meant to show these arrivals were anything but sudden and easy.
    — Sam Jacobs, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of painstakingly
Adverb
  • On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This money comes from corporations and the most wealthy Americans, both of whom ardently hate taxes.
    — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of ardently
Adverb
  • Much of the Red Barn’s irreplaceable art and ephemera, meticulously and lovingly curated over the years, was lost — but the music series, powered by the fireproof resiliency of those who oversee the collective, barely skipped a beat.
    — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • And his film, at once proudly unlikable and meticulously realized, is both a daring display of craft and a rude sign of life—which is to say, the opposite of depressing.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of meticulously

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“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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