Etymograph

English

absorptively

From absorptive + -ly.

A compound of absorptive + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip, gulp, suck (in)’

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Latin absorbeō ‘to absorb, submerge’

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorber

English absorb

English absorptive

Today it means

adv In an absorptive way.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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