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attentively

[uh-ten-tiv-lee] / əˈtɛn tɪv li /








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Did everyone routinely use the encyclopedia, or read the Steinbeck novel, or listen attentively to Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony?

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

Grier, who sold her CPA practice a few years ago to become a financial adviser, found that listening attentively enabled her to forge a connection with jittery taxpayers.

From MarketWatch Mar. 13, 2026

"President Trump was listening attentively and running the entire three-hour marathon cabinet meeting," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to AFP on Wednesday.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

The audience is unfamiliar with most of the songs, and no-one's sure whether to absorb the performance attentively, or sing along and dance.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2025

Everyone listened attentively, raising their eyebrows and cocking their heads as they tried to understand what kind of music this was.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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