attentively

1. 1.

   with attention; in an attentive manner

   “he listened attentively”

Questions about attentively

What does attentively mean?

attentively means "with attention; in an attentive manner".

How many syllables are in attentively?

attentively has 4 syllables: at-ten-tive-ly. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /əˈtɛntɪvli/.

Is attentively a common word?

attentively is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.