Absentmindedly

adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of absent-mindedly. alt-of, alternative

    "Across the aisle, she was absentmindedly fiddling with a loose piece of yarn that had unraveled from her sweater, wrapping it around her finger the same way Derek was wrapped around her finger. And she didn't even know it. Hoo-boy. She killed him."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an absentminded or preoccupied manner wordnet

Etymology

From absentminded + -ly.

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