absorbed
giving or marked by complete attention to
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,676 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,238 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- giving or marked by complete attention to also: captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped that engrossed look or rapt delightenwrapped in dreams
- retained without reflection the absorbed light intensity
absorbed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But Lenox, absorbed in his own reflections, noticed nothing.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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Jack was lying back in his corner, absorbed in happy dreams.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 · Various · Chapter 1
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I pretended to be absorbed in counting, till I saw Mrs. Waddy pass by the window.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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It is the respectability of his official life here which made the other possible,--that which has absorbed such enormous sums.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He was intensely absorbed, and as he turned the pages an expression of grave surprise would pass over his rugged features.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1