Meanings
adverbabsorptively (comparative more absorptively, superlative most absorptively)
comparative more absorptively · superlative most absorptively
- In an absorptive way.
Origin
- Latinabsorbeō
- Old Frenchassorbir
- Middle Frenchabsorber
- Englishabsorb
- Englishabsorptive
- Englishabsorptively
From absorptive + -ly.
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absorptively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorptively
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“absorptively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorptively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absorptively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorptively.
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