INTENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intently mean? 

• INTENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb INTENTLY has 1 sense:

1. with strained or eager attention

  Familiarity information: INTENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With strained or eager attention

Context example:

stood watching intently

Pertainym:

intent (giving or marked by complete attention to)

 Context examples 

He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was plainly perplexed, and he came back again, pausing a dozen feet away and regarding the two men intently.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Cal-ee-forn-ee-yeh," he mumbled twice and thrice, listening intently to the sound of the syllables as they fell from his lips. He nodded his head in confirmation.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

We listened intently, but nothing save the calling of the birds broke the deep peace of the forest.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was cold still weather; and not a hair of her head, nor a fold of her dress, was stirred, as she looked intently at me, holding up her child.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

By the bedside sat Van Helsing, looking at her intently.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

We all listened intently to the young man’s words.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“They discovered him a year ago,” said Miss Burnet, who had sat up and was now intently following the conversation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When Mr. Cole had moved away, and her attention could be restored as before, she saw Frank Churchill looking intently across the room at Miss Fairfax, who was sitting exactly opposite.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Her eyes remained fixed intently upon the wall, and there was a long pause ere she answered him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)