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ALERTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alertly mean?
• ALERTLY (adverb)
The adverb ALERTLY has 1 sense:
1. in mentally perceptive and responsive way
Familiarity information: ALERTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In mentally perceptive and responsive way
Context example:
she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs
Pertainym:
alert (mentally perceptive and responsive)
Context examples
Jordan looked at him alertly, cheerfully without answering.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
I was about to speak when she sat up alertly and said "Sh!" in a warning voice.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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