engrossingly
- adverb
- /ɪnˈɡroʊsɪŋli/
:
de manera absorbente
- The movie was so engrossingly exciting that I forgot about everything else around me.
Examples
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The documentary was engrossingly detailed, capturing every aspect of the artist's life.
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In the novel, for instance, the scene is engrossingly devoted to the representation of the dilemmas of the self, and nowhere is such representation more visible than at the center of the prolific war novels published around the turn of the decade.
Academic text (2001) -
She spoke engrossingly about her travels, making everyone eager to hear more.
Synonyms
3
4.8
In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it
1
4.2
In a way that makes people feel very interested
1
4.6
In a way that attracts attention and makes people interested
1
6.6
You watch or listen with full attention because you are very interested
1
4.6
In a way that keeps you very interested
In a way that keeps you interested and focused
In a way that holds the attention very strongly
In a way that attracts and holds people's attention
In a way that makes people stop and look
Giving something your full attention
Antonyms
How Absorbing
Surface Forms
Morphology
engrossingly = engrossing (transparent) = engross + ing + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'engrossing'; the meaning follows regular adverb formation.
Etymology
The word engrossingly comes from the parts en- 'in' and gros 'large', and the root gros is like the English word gross meaning 'large' or 'total'. That's why something done engrossingly 'takes up' all your attention and holds it completely.