absorbingly
- adverb
- /əbˈzɔrbɪŋli/
- The lecture was absorbingly informative, keeping all the students engaged throughout.
Examples
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The documentary was so absorbingly interesting that I watched it twice.
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He read deeply into psychoanalytic literature, encouraged his friends to take to the couch, and underwent an absorbingly enjoyable two-year training analysis.
Academic text (2009) -
She told the story in an absorbingly detailed manner that captivated everyone in the room.
Synonyms
You watch or listen with full attention because you are very interested
In a way that holds your full attention
In a way that holds the attention very strongly
Giving something your full attention
Antonyms
How Absorbing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Absorbingly comes from the verb absorb, which means 'to take in' or 'suck up', so imagine a sponge pulling in water. The ending -ingly means 'in a way that', so absorbingly means 'in a way that fully takes in your attention'.