undistractedlyadv.
Without distraction.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adverb] > with absorption
soakingly1593
undistractedly1659
absorbedly1841
engrossedly1865
raptly1924
1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 27 The affections of the one being at liberty, to devote themselves more undistractedly to God.
1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) iv. 56 The great advantage of serving God more undistractedly.
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 66 The attention of every captain could almost undistractedly be paid to the condition of his..ship.
1872 E. W. Benson Let. 12 Dec. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) I. 349 The work in God's Church to which I should devote myself undistractedly.
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