concentratedlyadv.
/ˈkɒnsntreɪtᵻdli/, /ˈkɒnsɛntreɪtᵻdli/, U.S. /ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪdᵻdli/ In a concentrated manner; with concentration; intensely.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adverb]
intentivelyc1290
studiouslya1382
intentlyc1425
wistlya1500
poringly1594
intensively1637
wistfully1664
fixedly1702
concentratedly1794
1794 W. Peckitt Wonderful Love God to Men 59 These Electaes, so detatched, are attracted and concentratedly detained by small insulated conducting bodies.
1828 Morning Post 25 Feb. His wit was not so elaborately—concentratedly brilliant.
1891 New Rev. June 499 Mr. Irving worked more concentratedly than all the other actors put together.
1928 Daily Express 11 June 3/7 The body..will not be so concentratedly engaged in assimilating ‘big’ meals.
1964 V. Nabokov Defence xiii. 215 Luzhin silently and concentratedly fed chocolates to little Ivan, and Ivan silently and concentratedly ate them.
1998 Daily Tel. 14 Dec. 21/2 He worked concentratedly to finish it in time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1794