attentively

attentive +‎ -ly

attentively (comparative more attentively, superlative most attentively)

1. In an attentive manner.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     `It's a very clean cut,' said the Rat, examining it again attentively.

   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began

• tentatively