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ab·​sorbed | \ É™b-ˈsȯrbd How to pronounce absorbed (audio) , -ˈzȯrbd\

Definition of absorbed

: having one's attention wholly engaged or occupied … was so absorbed in the business of his journey that he never turned his head …— Thomas Hardy I was too absorbed in my own problems and too uninterested in politics to remember that it was also a momentous day in Washington.— Russell Baker
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absorbedly \ É™b-​ˈsȯr-​bÉ™d-​lÄ“ How to pronounce absorbedly (audio) , -​ˈzȯr-​ \ adverb
… but Miss Isaacs keeps the plot boiling, and mostly one is reading too absorbedly to notice. — Anna Shapiro

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