as in conscientiously
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of attentively
At the heart of the company’s ambitious vision for AI lies an enormous expenditure figure that every shareholder should monitor attentively.
—
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
In April, the president traveled to Miami to sit cageside at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, embracing UFC CEO Dana White, his friend and supporter, and watching attentively through the wire as the fighters spilled blood.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
The flock attentively listened to the rules of crime solving from George’s books and put all that deductive reasoning to work when George is found dead.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Horner looked attentively at Strand, but didn’t display any visible sign of emotion.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
His exceptionally durable songs have become ingrained in the fabric of American life for many who grew up listening to them, and Tuesday’s audience at The Shell listened attentively and happily swayed along to the music.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
And server Addison Phillips paced my plates attentively at a table another night.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
From my steward remembering my name to a bartender recalling my exact drink order amid a frenzied crowd during a late-night piano show, the staff are plentiful and seem genuinely eager to greet guests attentively, which creates a personalized atmosphere on a ship that is otherwise massive.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Lilian watched the children attentively.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
In April, the president traveled to Miami to sit cageside at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, embracing UFC CEO Dana White, his friend and supporter, and watching attentively through the wire as the fighters spilled blood.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
The flock attentively listened to the rules of crime solving from George’s books and put all that deductive reasoning to work when George is found dead.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Horner looked attentively at Strand, but didn’t display any visible sign of emotion.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
His exceptionally durable songs have become ingrained in the fabric of American life for many who grew up listening to them, and Tuesday’s audience at The Shell listened attentively and happily swayed along to the music.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
And server Addison Phillips paced my plates attentively at a table another night.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
From my steward remembering my name to a bartender recalling my exact drink order amid a frenzied crowd during a late-night piano show, the staff are plentiful and seem genuinely eager to greet guests attentively, which creates a personalized atmosphere on a ship that is otherwise massive.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Lilian watched the children attentively.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attentively
Adverb
-
The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, which teaches people how to conscientiously object to income levies, reports surging interest in its training sessions.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
-
An attorney general who cannot conscientiously defend a law owes his clients — the people of Florida — the duty of allowing a surrogate to do it.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
-
Rinse the filters thoroughly under warm running water and replace them.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
-
One class in, and Hannah is thoroughly seduced both by Melanie’s flattery and by her therapyspeak approach to acting, with its talk of truth-telling and connecting to one’s body.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 June 2026
Adverb
-
Second, the report grapples seriously with agentic AI — autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning, and executing multi-step tasks without continuous human direction.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
-
For most high schoolers, the summer between sophomore and junior years means looking ahead to the ACT and, reflecting on the halfway point, starting to more seriously contemplate what the future has in store.—
Jim Dudlicek,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Adverb
-
Maybe the only thing scarier than the opening scene of The Happening is Mark Wahlberg attempting to earnestly and fearfully talk to a plant.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
-
And of course there will always be readers who balk at SF, refusing to countenance that our lived reality is saturated with it, and that the time for earnestly realistic state-of-the-nation novels may have passed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Adverb
-
But rather than further ratchet up the stakes in the final minutes, the episode closes with Rosemary exhaustively — and rather hilariously — going over an extensive genealogical document for Tom and Patricia.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
-
Have these people never read, say, The Feminine Mystique, which exhaustively cataloged the despair of mid-century stay-at-home mothers?—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Adverb
-
Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.—
Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
-
Berkshire Hathaway, painstakingly assembled over two century-old lives.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
Adverb
-
Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA who has studied the Iranian diaspora, said some of the ardently monarchist Iranians became disillusioned and demobilized when the war’s initial objective of regime change failed.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
-
Like the tour, the first input meeting garnered significant interest from farmers and residents alike, all of whom are ardently concerned with what the county decides to do with the Ag Reserve.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Adverb
-
Prosecutors, meanwhile, have alleged that Mangione meticulously planned the killing for months, documenting his thoughts in journals and traveling across the country before shooting Thompson in the back outside a business event in New York City, where neither of them lived.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
-
Amanda Allen Hall meticulously plans every meal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
