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INTENTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With strained or eager attention
Example:
stood watching intently
Classified under:
Pertainym:
intent (giving or marked by complete attention to)
Context examples:
She had changed her position; and, with her eyes fixed intently on one of the windows, was listening to her uncle in the utmost perturbation and dismay.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“Oh, I know you’re aboard,” he called out, and I could see him listen intently after he had spoken.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Catherine bent over it intently, but without being able to distinguish anything with certainty.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
As I said these words, I perceived in the gloom a figure which stole from behind a clump of trees near me; I stood fixed, gazing intently: I could not be mistaken.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
They appreciated him as a foeman worthy of their intellect, and they listened intently, following every word.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She sat intently at work, striving to be composed, and without daring to lift up her eyes, till anxious curiosity carried them to the face of her sister as the servant was approaching the door.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She only knew that Henrietta was at home again; and that Louisa, though considered to be recovering fast, was still in Lyme; and she was thinking of them all very intently one evening, when a thicker letter than usual from Mary was delivered to her; and, to quicken the pleasure and surprise, with Admiral and Mrs Croft's compliments.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Jo thought intently for a minute with her eyes fixed on the picture, then she smoothed out her wrinkled forehead and said, with a decided nod at the face opposite, No thank you, sir, you're very charming, but you've no more stability than a weathercock.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
When he dozed, upon his ears would steal the faint whispers of hidden trickles of running water, and he would rouse and listen intently.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He had studied them intently, ranging from one to another and back again, and I could see that there was uncertainty in his mind, and bepuzzlement.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
