attentively

adverb

as in conscientiously

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Recent Examples of attentively 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 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 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
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
  • Hahn said that the opposing viewpoints could have been more thoroughly debated, had the project been subject to CEQA review.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Three turns on each side is sufficient to thoroughly lube the entire chain.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • Sullivan told the jurors not to abandon their own convictions just to reach a verdict, but urged them to seriously consider opposing views and reassess their positions if appropriate.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Women in music have so many more opportunities and are taken so seriously and are headlining festivals and doing all of this stuff.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of seriously
Adverb
  • Roberts came away from the conversation excited by how earnestly Heyward embraced that message.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • On day two, one of the servers tells me earnestly that a bowl of vegetable soup, consumed properly, should take about half an hour to finish.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of earnestly
Adverb
  • 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
  • The events surrounding that night have been exhaustively investigated and recounted in numerous stories, documentaries and police investigations.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhaustively
Adverb
  • Like the Standish, the building, a redbrick former bookbinding factory that takes up an entire block, was painstakingly restored in 2014 to keep its 1885 historic facade.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Patricia Simner, who directs the clinical-microbiology molecular laboratory at the Mayo Clinic, told me that some genetic libraries of pathogens are painstakingly curated for accuracy, but others are peppered with inaccuracies.
    — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of painstakingly
Adverb
  • And there is a shocking dearth of evidence to the contrary, given how ardently Peters and her supporters have clung to this narrative for the past six years.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of ardently
Adverb
  • Instead, his navy jersey, meticulously embroidered with a white number 16 hangs unfettered with his unworn Bears helmet resting on a shelf above.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Social media users have spent the last month meticulously gluing rhinestones to everyday objects, including coffee cups, skincare, phone cases, and even puppies.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of meticulously

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“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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