intently Definition

intent
noun

1. Something which is aimed at or intended; a purpose.

Thesaurus: intention, objective, goal, aim, purpose, plan, meaning, end.
2. law.
The purpose of committing a crime.
Example: loitering with intent

adj

1. Firmly determined to do it.

Thesaurus: determined, committed, earnest, fixed, steadfast, resolved, hell-bent (slang).
Form: intent on something (usually)
Form: intent upon something
2. Having one's attention firmly fixed on it; concentrating hard on it.

Form: intent on something (usually)
3. Showing concentration; absorbed.

Example: an intent look
Thesaurus: engrossed, attentive, rapt, preoccupied, absorbed, concentrating.

Derivative: intently
adverb

In an attentive way
Thesaurus: attentively, carefully, closely, watchfully, keenly, steadily, hard; Antonym: absent-mindedly.

Derivative: intentness
noun

Idiom: to all intents and purposes

In every important respect; virtually.
Thesaurus: in almost every respect, virtually, practically, almost.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin intentus, from intendere to stretch towards.