Watchfully
['wɑtʃfəli]
Examples
- While speaking, and afterwards, the lady kept watchfully between her and the staircase, as if prepared to oppose her going up, by force. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I promised you that this confidence should be complete, he whispered, speaking close at my ear, with his eyes looking watchfully at the door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When she held her hands out she took her eyes from Mr. Jaggers, and turned them watchfully on every one of the rest of us in succession. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If it had been otherwise;' Carton's hand was again watchfully and softly stealing down; 'I never should have used the longer opportunity. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Editor: Nicolas