Intentness
[in'tentnis]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being intent and concentrated; 'the intentness of his gaze'.
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Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.
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Examples
- The place became full of a watchful intentness now; for when other things sank blooding to sleep the heath appeared slowly to awake and listen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Sherlock Holmes had listened with the utmost intentness to the statement of the unhappy schoolmaster. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes had listened to this long narrative with an intentness which showed me that his interest was keenly aroused. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Such was her intentness, however, that it seemed as if her ears were performing the functions of seeing as well as hearing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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