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intently

adverb as in with concentration

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An older bro wore a red bow tie and a yarmulke emblazoned with the “TEAM MITCH” logo as he stared down at his smartphone intently.

Twenty people surround Grace, all of them intently studying her trance state.

I glimpse around at an all-black-clad Bethenny Frankel laughing as the woman stares intently at her.

I watched them intently, not understanding their quick Arabic.

I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for him and the way he sees the world so intently and encourages people to look.

She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.

In truth, it was so intently engaged with a sleeping seal that it had not observed the approach of the sledge.

She opened a large black fan and moved it slowly while looking intently at her son's bent profile.

Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.

Lyn was looking at me intently, and her voice was steady; that squeezed kind of steadiness that is almost worse than tears.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intently, such as: attentively, closely, keenly, fixedly, hard, and searchingly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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