What does tentively mean?
Tentively means (obsolete) attentively.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(obsolete) attentively.
We have a Saviour, tell it out among the heathen, that all the nations of the earth may partake of the gift, whose radient eye brightens tentively on such a subject as this, who are under the domination of the sensual affections and appetites
For the three days following her first visit her temperature varied form 99.2 to 100 in the mornings, and from 100.2 to 102 in the evenings. At the first visit she was treated tentifly, her throat being thoroughly cleansed, and a 15 per cent. solution of nitrate of silver was applied to the ulcerated surface
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Tentively means (obsolete) attentively.
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We have a Saviour, tell it out among the heathen, that all the nations of the earth may partake of the gift, whose radient eye brightens tentively on such a subject as this, who are under the domination of the sensual affections and appetites
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