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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Attentive \At*ten"tive\ ([a^]t*t[e^]n"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
     attentif.]
     1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or
        attention.
  
     Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and
           seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application
           of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application
           of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person
           is attentive to the words, and to the manner and
           matter, of a speaker at the same time.
  
     2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
  
     Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
          circumspect; watchful. -- {At*ten"tive*ly}, adv. --
          {At*ten"tive*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  attentively
       adv : in an attentive manner; "he listened attentively" [syn: {with
             attention}, {paying attention}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  attentivelytentivliː]
  	attentivement
  
  
 

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