Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an absent or inattentive manner; with absence of mind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an absent or abstracted manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maggie O’Rourke, she supplied her name absently, still trying to comprehend his explanation.
This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981
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Maggie O’Rourke, she supplied her name absently, still trying to comprehend his explanation.
This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981
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Maggie O’Rourke, she supplied her name absently, still trying to comprehend his explanation.
This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981
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Maggie O’Rourke, she supplied her name absently, still trying to comprehend his explanation.
This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981
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The door closed, and she touched the pile of coins absently.
Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010
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He checked the edge of his sword absently, then wrapped his cloak around his other arm in lieu of a shield.
Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010
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Hanna called absently into the kitchen, then began reading the introductory paragraph on page 2.
Mending Places Denise Hunter 2004
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He checked the edge of his sword absently, then wrapped his cloak around his other arm in lieu of a shield.
The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997
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If silver entered into the transaction, he usually rang the last coin absently on the glass surface of the counter.
Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906
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He dropped a Greek word absently, putting away his papers the while, and thinking of the subject with which he had just been busy.
Lady Connie Humphry Ward 1885
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