engrossed
/ɛnˈɡɹoʊst/ adjective C2- Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else. · The children were engrossed by the story.
- Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)
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Darcy stood near them in silent indignation at such a mode of passing the evening, to the exclusion of all conversation, and was too much engrossed by his own thoughts to perceive that Sir William Lucas was his neighbour, till Sir William thus began:--
Miss Bingley was engrossed by Mr.
“I never saw a more promising inclination; he was growing quite inattentive to other people, and wholly engrossed by her.
Her Ladyship received them civilly, but it was plain that their company was by no means so acceptable as when she could get nobody else; and she was, in fact, almost engrossed by her nephews, speaking to them, especially to Darcy, much more than to any other person in the room.
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