What does absorbedly mean?
Absorbedly means In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged..
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/æbˈsɔɹb.ɪd.li/ · adverb
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.
Fanny, red-cheeked and bright-eyed from her recent mental struggles, listened interestedly, then intently, then absorbedly.
Carey could see her expression. It was the face of one who was deeply and absorbedly interested.
Treslove was no Finkler. He could not lose his heart to more than one woman at a time. He loved too absorbedly for that. 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.
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Absorbedly means In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged..
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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.
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