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ABSENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an absentminded or preoccupied manner

Example:

he read the letter absently

Synonyms:

absently; absentmindedly; abstractedly; inattentively

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

absent (lost in thought; showing preoccupation)

Credits

 Context examples: 

"Come?" he muttered absently.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"I have neither, and very few friends to care whether I live or die," said Mr. Brooke rather bitterly as he absently put the dead rose in the hole he had made and covered it up, like a little grave.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Oh, yes." She looked at me absently. "Listen, Nick; let me tell you what I said when she was born. Would you like to hear?"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"I thought you might be here," she responded absently as I came up. "I remembered you lived next door to—"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Does it?" He turned his eyes toward it absently. "I have been glancing into some of the rooms. Let's go to Coney Island, old sport. In my car."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)