absorbingly

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbeō

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorberder.

English absorb

English -ing

English absorbing

English -ly

English absorbingly

From absorbing + -ly.

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹb.ɪŋ.li/, /əbˈsɔɹb.ɪŋ.li/, /æbˈzɔɹb.ɪŋ.li/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ɪŋ.li/

absorbingly (comparative more absorbingly, superlative most absorbingly)

In an absorbing manner. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbingly.

in an absorbing manner

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbingly”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.