watchfully

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English watchful
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English watchfully

    From watchful + -ly.

    Adverb

    watchfully (comparative more watchfully, superlative most watchfully)

    1. In a watchful manner.
      • 1941 June 21, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler's Letter to Benito Mussolini Explaining the Invasion of the Soviet Union‎[1]:
        Behind these two countries stands the North American Union goading them on and watchfully waiting.
      • 1995, Brian Karsh, “Before and After”, in TheaterWeek, volume 9, New York, N.Y.: That New Magazine, Inc., →ISSN, page 54, column 3:
        The scallops are pounded and watchfully cooked to maximize their callow tenderness, which is further italicized by the mushroomiest sauce on the block, glowing with fine Marsala wine.

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