He listened to the music attentively.

Meaning: This sentence describes a person who is paying careful attention to a series of sounds that are organized in a pleasing way.

Choice of Words: Listened is the past tense of the verb listen, which means to pay attention to sound. To is a preposition that indicates the direction or destination of an action. The music is a series of sounds that are organized in a pleasing way. Attentively is an adverb that means with careful attention.

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