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Etymology
From Middle English attentifly, attentifli, equivalent to attentive + -ly.
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attentively (comparative more attentively, superlative most attentively)
- In an attentive manner.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began
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