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# attentively

«attentively» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that pays close attention, listening or watching…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (attentively); from the adjective attentive

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that pays close attention, listening or watching carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#m1)

2) In a caring, helpful way that notices what someone needs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school it describes good listening: «listen attentively», «read the question attentively». In stories it shows a character is focused or caring. Often after verbs like listen, watch, read, nod. In safety talk, watching a crossing or a teacher's instructions attentively keeps you safe.

### examples

- The class listened attentively to the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x1)
- Read each question attentively before you answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x2)
- The dog watched attentively as I opened the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x3)
- She nodded attentively while her friend explained the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x4)
- The nurse cared for the patient attentively all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x5)
- Watch attentively and copy each step of the experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x6)
- He sat attentively at the front, pencil ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x7)
- ‘Oh, certainly,’ he replied, and began: ‘Now, listen attentively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/#x8)

### note

Spelling: attent-ive-ly, double t. It tells how an action is done, so it goes with a verb. Not the same as «carefully» in every case: attentively is about attention, carefully is about avoiding mistakes or harm. Opposite: inattentively, carelessly.

### In the corpora

- [Hear attentively the noise of His voice, and the sound that goeth out of His mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.975/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «attentively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.