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▪ I. diˈstracting, vbl. n.
[f. distract v. + -ing1.]
The action of distract v.; distraction.
c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xliii, To holde hym wythout forgetyng, distractyng or lettyng of ony creature. 1660Milton Free Commw. 451 To the retarding and distracting oft times of thir Counsels.
▪ II. diˈstracting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That distracts; bewildering, maddening.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 402, I grew affrighted..for..the distracting noyse drew aye nearer and nearer us. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xv. iii, His mind was tost in all the distracting anxiety so nobly described by Shakespeare [Jul. C. ii. i. 63–69]. 1799tr. Diderot's Nat. Son II. 103 No one..can conceive the heart-distracting misery I suffered. 1822J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) 12 Aug., I will..tell you this lamentable, this distracting story.
Hence diˈstractingly adv.
1842Dickens Amer. Notes (1850) 67/2 A handsome city, but distractingly regular. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 180 Hetty..had the same distractingly pretty looks..for everybody. 1879M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 221 The ringing of imaginary wedding bells sounded distractingly in her ears. |