adv
Meaning 1
In an intent or focused manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intently
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈtɛntli/
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with strained or eager attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- listened intently
- stood watching intently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English intent Middle English -ly English -ly English intently From intent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: aandachtig — in a focused manner
- Esperanto: intense — in a focused manner
- Esperanto: atente — in a focused manner
- French: attentivement — in a focused manner
- German: angespannt — in a focused manner
- German: aufmerksam — in a focused manner
- German: gespannt — in a focused manner
- German: konzentriert — in a focused manner
- Italian: attentamente — in a focused manner
- Italian: meticolosamente — in a focused manner
- Italian: minuziosamente — in a focused manner
- Portuguese: atentamente — in a focused manner
- Spanish: atentamente — in a focused manner
- Turkish: dikkatle — in a focused manner
- Ukrainian: уважно (uvažno) — in a focused manner