adverb

• With earnest and eager attention.

  ‘he gazed at her intently’

  More example sentences

  • ‘everybody was listening intently’
  • ‘You have an ability to concentrate and work intently on anything which holds your interest.’
  • ‘She looked at him closely, peering intently at his face as if trying to read it.’
  • ‘He set up the discussion and both he and the doctor listened intently.’
  • ‘I can focus intently on things that fascinate me, to the exclusion of all other things.’
  • ‘He watches intently as the squad go over possible formations for tomorrow's game.’

  Synonyms

  attentively, closely, keenly, with fascination, raptly, earnestly, concentratedly, hard, studiously, fixedly, steadily, steadfastly, alertly, watchfully, observantly, carefully

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