intent
noun
something that someone is intending or meaning to do or achieve; purpose or objective.
intentness
-
a word derived from
intent.
Example Sentences
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In the next phase, the Bruins focused on Level 2: self-control, alertness, initiative and intentness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2016
It takes a while to realize that this keen self-consciousness is born not of shyness, but of focus — an intentness on getting the effect he wants, exactly right.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2016
But millions who laugh at Dragnet jokes are spirited back weekly into a mood of serious intentness by the program itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
His head is round, his mouth seems rather large for his face, and his brown eyes fix visitors with peculiar intentness.
From Time Magazine Archive
She seemed to him to have been listening with extra-special intentness.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
