attentively
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 →
2) In a caring, helpful way that notices what someone needs. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job it means listening with full care to the thunder of God's voice. Interpretation: Elihu urges Job to listen well to God's voice in the storm. Tradition reads nature's thunder as a sign of God's greatness. In the primary 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
- Hear attentively the noise of His voice, and the sound that goeth out of His mouth. (Writings JOB.37.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- The class listened attentively to the story. tree →
- Read each question attentively before you answer. tree →
- The dog watched attentively as I opened the fridge. tree →
- She nodded attentively while her friend explained the game. tree →
- The nurse cared for the patient attentively all night. tree →
- Watch attentively and copy each step of the experiment. tree →
- He sat attentively at the front, pencil ready. tree →
- ‘Oh, certainly,’ he replied, and began: ‘Now, listen attentively. tree →
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
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «attentively» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.