Absently
/ˈæb.sn̩t.li/ adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 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 […]"
Adverb
- 1 in an absentminded or preoccupied manner wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom looked absently out the window."
Etymology
From absent + -ly.