absorbedlyadv.
/əbˈzɔːbᵻdli/, /əbˈsɔːbᵻdli/, U.S. /əbˈzɔrbədli/, /æbˈzɔrbədli/, /əbˈsɔrbədli/, /æbˈsɔrbədli/ With full attention; with great interest; to the point of being completely engrossed.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adverb] > with absorption
soakingly1593
undistractedly1659
absorbedly1841
engrossedly1865
raptly1924
1841 New Monthly Mag. May 36 Michael O'Shea continued absorbedly gazing on the picture.
1868 Daily News 15 July The next man's credentials being favourably and absorbedly affirmed.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad l. 578 I saw young men gaze long and absorbedly at her.
1926 W. de la Mare in C. Asquith Ghost-bk. 229 She dabbled in those obscure waters..as absorbedly as some little dark intense creature on the banks of the Serpentine over a gallipot of ‘tiddlers’.
1991 Raritan Summer 5 He became absorbedly interested in the general phenomenon of self-censorship.
2003 Jrnl. Performance & Art May 69/2 Like a Buddhist journey of the spirit, offered to us, the absorbedly disarmed observers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1841