Absent-mindedly

Absent-mindedly
Absent-minded Ab`sent-mind"ed, a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness}, n. -- {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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  • absent-mindedly — adverb Preoccupiedly; in an absent minded manner …   Wiktionary

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  • absent-mindedly — adv. distractedly, in a distracted manner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • absent-mindedly — adv absently, inattentively, blankly, abstractedly COLLOQ. in a world of your own, with your head in the clouds …   Useful english dictionary

  • absent-mindedly adv — I ve just had a frontal lobotomy, said Tom absentmindedly …   English expressions

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