All 3 Uses of
preoccupied
in
Lonesome Dove
- He was preoccupied and made such a sloppy job of it that Louisa burst out laughing.†
Chpt 36-37preoccupied = took up the attention of
- She had been aware of his preoccupations, whereas he had had no inkling of her intentions.†
Chpt 44-45 *
- Augustus regretted that his preoccupation with the arrows had made him so lax that he had failed to protect the horses.†
Chpt 93-94
Definitions:
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(1)
(preoccupied) busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, preoccupied can mean that someone has already inhabited or taken something.