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tentivement (1213)
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tentivement (1213)

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  FEW:  intendere *4,740a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  entendre (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  tentive a. (tentively)  MED:  tentifli adv.  DMLBS: ∅

Aphetic form of ententivement.

adv.

assiduously, diligently: 
(1213) nous prioms tentivement com savoms qe vous [...] cele destresse lesset et mettet en respit  Glastonbury Chart 656
♦attentively, carefully: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim ) chescun le esgardeit mut estutement (var. (B: s.xiv1/4) mult tentivement )  Reimpredigten 137.90 (var.)

[gdw]

See also:

ententivement  tente4  tentif 
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