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absorbingly

adv.
C1 Advanced ab·sorbing·ly

adv. in a way that holds your attention completely. You use this to describe something that is so interesting or exciting that you cannot look away.

adv. in a manner that completely captures attention or interest. Often used to describe the quality of a narrative or performance that prevents the audience from being distracted.


SIMPLE

The movie was absorbingly told and kept us all on the edge of our seats.

CONTEXTUAL

The professor spoke absorbingly about the history of the city, making even the most complex theories seem simple.

COMPLEX

The novel is written with such absorbingly detailed descriptions of the setting that the reader feels as though they are physically present in the Victorian drawing room.

Origin

From absorbing + -ly.

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