What does alertly mean?
Alertly means In an alert manner; with alertness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an alert manner; with alertness..
Behind one of the old oaks which we have described in the preceding chapter, shrouding himself from observation like a hunter watching for his game, or an Indian for his enemy, but with different, very different purpose, Tyrrel lay on his breast near the Buck-stane, his eye on the horse-road which winded down the valley, and his ear alertly awake to every sound which mingled with the passing breeze, or with the ripple of the brook.
I walked fast to avoid being overtaken. Every crossing was a danger, every passenger a thing to watch alertly.
Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning. I was about to speak when she sat up alertly and said “Sh!” in a warning voice.
She was wearing tight white shorts and a grey tank top of Jasper’s, in which her small breasts moved alertly.
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Alertly means In an alert manner; with alertness..
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Behind one of the old oaks which we have described in the preceding chapter, shrouding himself from observation like a hunter watching for his game, or an Indian for his enemy, but with different, very different purpose, Tyrrel lay on his breast near the Buck-stane, his eye on the horse-road which winded down the valley, and his ear alertly awake to every sound which mingled with the passing breeze, or with the ripple of the brook.
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