Both Uses of
preoccupied
in
Me Before You
- Will seemed preoccupied for the rest of the afternoon.†
p. 244.7 *preoccupied = took up the attention of
- The following week, if Will noticed that I was preoccupied, he didn't say anything.†
p. 260.7
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.