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Recent Examples of attentively
At the same time, the 62-year-old said that smaller, more intimate meetings should be treated attentively.
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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
Harvard graduates listen attentively to speakers during the commencement ceremony in Harvard Yard on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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
Harvard graduates listen attentively to speakers during the commencement ceremony in Harvard Yard on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 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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Geryon who is metaphorically and perhaps in reality a monster is infatuated with Herakles, but the internal world of Geryon is so thoroughly inspected.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Let the pan heat thoroughly, about three to five minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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And if not corrected — if not taken very seriously by people who don’t seem to be taking it seriously — the ball could roll off the table.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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That kind of move is an indication that the Nashville wing of the Recording Academy is taken seriously by toppers at the overall org, and that the Grammys’ leaders want to do right by country.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Watts is playing everything earnestly, while Kardashian barely registers.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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But when Neon bought the film just before its world premiere — and later injected roughly $1 million into reshoots that don’t improve the story much — Stuckmann’s scrappy underdog became a mainstream Frankenstein’s monster some horror fans earnestly wanted to watch fail.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The set decorators then exhaustively researched Americana interiors and detritus.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Dodik had been sanctioned by the US for flouting the Dayton Peace Agreement, which was painstakingly thrashed out in Ohio in 1995 to end the Bosnian War.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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And their creators have painstakingly studied state laws to make sure their products are legal, even going to court to prove it.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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Takaichi has ardently defended conservative family values.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Meeting Marsha follows Lily (Arnold), an aspiring actress who has meticulously planned the perfect weekend to propose to her comedian girlfriend, Jordan (McGroder).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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Offit and others say every vaccine is meticulously evaluated before being added to the schedule.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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