absently
adv/ˈæb.sn̩t.li/US
Etymology
Definitions
In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
- When he is in company he will sit absently muttering over a heap of Arabick, or in a Ciceronian attitude, declaim with all the vehemency of eloquence […]
- Absently, he picked a dew-wet leaf from the hibiscus shrub, crushed it in his palm, put it in his mouth and came towards her, chewing.
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