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inˈtentively, adv. Obs. or arch.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an intentive manner; with earnest attention or application; earnestly, heedfully, intently.
c1290Beket 504 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 121 Kniȝtes and oþure..beden seint Thomas ententifliche: þat he þat word forbere. 1340Ayenb. 210 And acsi wisliche and diligentliche þet is ententifliche and perseuerantliche. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. xii. 81 (Camb. MS.) For as I trowe thow ledyst now moore ententyfly thyne eyen to loken the verray goodes. c1400Beryn 239 The knyȝt with his meyne went to se the wall..Devising ententiflich the strengthis al a-bout. 1481Caxton Godfrey clxxxiii. 268 Alle they of oure hooste behelde them moche ententyfly. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 145 The Phylosopher that too intentiuely gaz'd on the stars, stumbled and fell into a ditch. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. ix. §1 (1622) 295 The end of the Mathematicks, is, to leade vs men intentiuely to consider of the nature of God. 1711Steele Spect. No. 6 ⁋3, I looked intentively upon him. |