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Completely interested.

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Usage examples (36)
  • I will pay rapt attention when the assignment is given so I will know exactly what to do.
  • And I suppose his women do stare at him in rapt attention.
  • They spend time in rapt attention, and the drawing is born.
  • The crowd watched in rapt silence as Reyes won the first game.
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  • Another word that sounds like "rapt" which means completely interested, is "wrapped" which means the past tense of covering in paper or other material. I might pay rapt attention as wrapped the present.
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