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absorbedly

/æbˈsɔɹb.ɪd.li/

absorbedly adverb: in a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Adverb

absorbedly (comparative more absorbedly, superlative most absorbedly)

  1. In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
    • Michael O’Shea continued absorbedly gazing on the picture, till the welcome smell of a tumbler of Mr. Hoolagan’s whisky suddenly restored him to comparative serenity.1841, R. B. Peake, “The Bequeathed Heart”, in The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 62, 1841 part 2, p. 36
    • Fanny, red-cheeked and bright-eyed from her recent mental struggles, listened interestedly, then intently, then absorbedly.1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, pages 65–66

Examples of absorbedly in a sentence

  • It was the face of one who was deeply and absorbedly interested.1943, Mary Norton, chapter 8, in The Magic Bed-Knob, New York: Hyperion:
  • But he always knew when he was about to be thrown over and was quick to make provision, where he could, to love absorbedly again.2010, Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question, New York: Bloomsbury, Part One, Chapter Four, I, p. 86:

Forms of absorbedly

comparativemore absorbedly
superlativemost absorbedly

Origin of absorbedly

From absorbed + -ly.

Questions about absorbedly

What does absorbedly mean?
Absorbedly means in a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
How do you use absorbedly in a sentence?
It was the face of one who was deeply and absorbedly interested.
What part of speech is absorbedly?
Absorbedly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce absorbedly?
Absorbedly is pronounced /æbˈsɔɹb.ɪd.li/ (US).

Words near absorbedly in the dictionary

  1. absorbeating
  2. absorbed
  3. absorbed dose
  4. absorbed doses
  5. absorbed oneself in
  6. absorbedly
  7. absorbedness
  8. absorbedst
  9. absorbefacient
  10. absorbefacients
  11. absorbence

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