I went past my stop absent-mindedly.
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Absent-mindedly
//ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.li//
Synonyms for "absent-mindedly" (2 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Related words (1)
Adverb(1 words)
Translations
21 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разсеян, потънал в мисли adv (preoccupiedly)
Catalan
2 entries- badant adv (preoccupiedly)
- distretament adv (preoccupiedly)
Danish
2 entries- distræt adv (preoccupiedly)
- åndsfraværende adv (preoccupiedly)
Finnish
2 entries- hajamielisesti adv (preoccupiedly)
- poissaolevasti adv (preoccupiedly)
French
1 entries- distraitement adv (preoccupiedly)
German
2 entries- gedankenverloren adv (preoccupiedly)
- geistesabwesend adv (preoccupiedly)
Hebrew
1 entries- בהיסח־דעת adv (preoccupiedly)
Hungarian
1 entries- szórakozottan adv (preoccupiedly)
Italian
1 entries- distrattamente adv (preoccupiedly)
Japanese
1 entries- ぼんやりと adv (preoccupiedly)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- åndsfraværende adv (preoccupiedly)
Polish
1 entries- z roztargnieniem adv (preoccupiedly)
Portuguese
1 entries- distraidamente adv (preoccupiedly)
Romanian
1 entries- în mod absent adv (preoccupiedly)
Russian
1 entries- машина́льно adv (preoccupiedly)
Spanish
1 entries- distraídamente adv (preoccupiedly)
Turkish
1 entries- beyinsizce adv (preoccupiedly)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
He often leaves his umbrella behind absent-mindedly.
Source: tatoeba (293258)
Marjorie saw Leonard before he saw her. He was walking with three men—joking, laughing absent-mindedly, while his eyes searched for a face in the crowd. She waited a moment, hidden, suffocated with anticipation, her heart turning over and over, until he said a nonchalant good-bye to his companions, who were pounced upon by eager relatives. Then she crept up behind and put both her hands about his wrist.
Source: tatoeba (12179991)
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter, his hands clasped beneath the tails of his long coat, paces back and forth under the ever-watchful eye of his faithful secretary, Mr. Samuel T. Philander. Twice within the past few minutes he has started absent-mindedly across the tracks in the direction of a near-by swamp, only to be rescued and dragged back by the tireless Mr. Philander.
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