tentively
tentively adverb: attentively.
Adverb
tentively (comparative more tentively, superlative most tentively)
- attentively
- We have a Saviour, tell it out among the heathen, that all the nations of the earth may partake of the gift, whose radient eye brightens tentively on such a subject as this, who are under the domination of the sensual affections and appetites1795, Uzal Ogden, Antidote to Deism. The Deist Unmasked; […], volume 1, Newark: John Woods, page 50
- For the three days following her first visit her temperature varied form 99.2 to 100 in the mornings, and from 100.2 to 102 in the evenings. At the first visit she was treated tentifly, her throat being thoroughly cleansed, and a 15 per cent. solution of nitrate of silver was applied to the...1901, “Case of Primary Syphilitic Lesion of the Faucial Tonsil”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume XXXVII, number 15, Chicago Illinois, Clinical Report, page 979
Forms of tentively
| comparative | more tentively |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tentively |
Origin of tentively
From Middle English tentifly, or by surface analysis, tentive + ly.
Questions about tentively
- What does tentively mean?
- Tentively means attentively.
- What part of speech is tentively?
- Tentively is an adverb.
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