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Recent Examples of attentively
Cole, wearing a khaki jumpsuit, spent much of the hearing sitting quietly and attentively as the parties argued, occasionally adjusting his glasses or fidgeting slightly in his chair.
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Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
The crowd listened attentively as Wright, CPW’s native aquatic species coordinator, discussed the beaver management plan.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Locals didn’t flee but attentively filmed, the social media video shows.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
At the same time, the 62-year-old said that smaller, more intimate meetings should be treated attentively.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Consider Josie, who listened attentively to the call that her Wall Street career was only the beginning of her professional achievements.
—James Patterson, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
The professional training, with Gravitas Golden Retrievers in Fresno, California, involved teaching Jamie to walk attentively on a leash and ignore distractions in public.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Wilson then pulled up his iPhone to show me, over our Zoom call, to show a video of Win sitting attentively in front of his Speed Snap set.
—Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Velasco was accustomed to teaching large classes; 50 students listened attentively to his lecture.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
The crowd listened attentively as Wright, CPW’s native aquatic species coordinator, discussed the beaver management plan.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Locals didn’t flee but attentively filmed, the social media video shows.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
At the same time, the 62-year-old said that smaller, more intimate meetings should be treated attentively.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Consider Josie, who listened attentively to the call that her Wall Street career was only the beginning of her professional achievements.
—James Patterson, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
The professional training, with Gravitas Golden Retrievers in Fresno, California, involved teaching Jamie to walk attentively on a leash and ignore distractions in public.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Wilson then pulled up his iPhone to show me, over our Zoom call, to show a video of Win sitting attentively in front of his Speed Snap set.
—Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Velasco was accustomed to teaching large classes; 50 students listened attentively to his lecture.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attentively
Adverb
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The Kings are also a deep team, working conscientiously to pass the torch from the Kopitar/Doughty generation to Byfield, Brandt Clarke and beyond.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Drain the water one more time, then rinse the scarf out thoroughly under the faucet with lukewarm or cool water.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2026
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Leaders can thoroughly test how changes made to products, processes and tools may contribute to time and cost savings in the real-world without disrupting operations.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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An Ashland, Massachusetts family is warning others to take the flu seriously, after their 4-year-old daughter almost died.—
Logan Hall,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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After the hearing and outside the courtroom, Reddington called Sullivan a thorough judge who was taking Clancy’s physical and mental condition seriously.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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And the streaming giant could earnestly benefit from WBD's content library.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
4 Dec. 2025
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The show is full of tender moments between characters who earnestly want to do right by one another but simply don’t know how, as well as evocative performances from Reinhart, Ruffalo, and Betty Gilpin, who plays Dad’s present-day pregnant girlfriend, Kate.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The lifelong Carson superfan (and podcaster on the subject) compiled an incisive and exhaustively detailed biography that breaks down the comedy figure deemed inscrutable in his lifetime by examining his work.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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The lower-body passing mechanics O'Connell and his staff have been working so exhaustively on with the struggling McCarthy can be shelved until spring.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Anakonda’s steel hull was built in Quito, then cut into 10 pieces and painstakingly transported some 220 miles by truck on difficult roads before being reassembled in Coca.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Though dull in tone currently, restorers are painstakingly seeking to bring its true, rich color palette, including Egyptian blue, back to bright, vivid life.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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From Pride & Prejudice to Persuasion, here are some of the best Austen film and TV adaptations to watch most ardently.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
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The founders have become valuable trophies in the ongoing culture wars, ardently claimed by both sides.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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There's nothing worse than meticulously caring for a lemon tree, only to harvest it at the wrong time or using the wrong method.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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Eric LaChapelle, project manager at Maier Design Group, an architectural design firm in Hartford, said the stainless steel and other elements had to be meticulously catalogued so the pieces of what could be compared to a puzzle would go back together.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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