abstractedly

She pronounced the name abstractedly, for she was surprised at the admission.

The Trail to Yesterday Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

Mrs. Rossitur took up the magazine again abstractedly, and read –

Queechy 1854

These last may be termed abstractedly and simply friends, the former as

Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

Apocalypse, holiness and filthiness would not be spoken of abstractedly, that is, apart from holy and _filthy_ persons, and in like manner righteousness and unrighteousness would not be mentioned apart from their necessary {117} antecedents, _personal_ righteous and unrighteous _deeds_.

An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality James Challis 1842

And from the business point of view it is just merely wrong to abstractedly speculate that someone wants something.

Russia's Sechin Defends Investment Climate Gregory White 2011

Belden abstractedly began to light his pipe, which had failed to go out, and then brightened up with, "How 'bout yerself, stranger, — married man?"

To The Man on the Trail 2010

As he read, he abstractedly ran his fingers, with a caressing movement, through his hair.

Chapter 31 2010

Belden abstractedly began to light his pipe, which had failed to go out, and then brightened up with, "How 'bout yerself, stranger, — married man?"

TO THE MAN ON THE TRAIL 2010

In the title sequence, a woman who's neither young nor truly old gyrates mysteriously and abstractedly in the middle of a wheat field.

'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010

In the title sequence, a woman who's neither young nor truly old gyrates mysteriously and abstractedly in the middle of a wheat field.

'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010