Definitions
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- adverb manner In a preoccupied way.
Etymologies
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preoccupied + -ly
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Examples
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Rejoining the diminished group in the living-room, Donald was preoccupiedly silent, until his father asked,
'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson
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"Just the same post road as before," said Francis preoccupiedly, letting the machine out till they were going at some unbelievable speed an hour.
I've Married Marjorie Margaret Widdemer 1931
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He replaced them in the chamois bag; and for the rest of the afternoon went about his affairs preoccupiedly, grave as a bishop under his miter.
The Voice in the Fog Harold MacGrath 1901
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