Tom looked absently out the window.
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Absently
/ˈæb.sn̩t.li/
Synonyms for "absently" (10 found)
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More general
1 entriesadverb of manner
Collocations
5 entriesgaze absentlylook absentlynod absentlystare absentlythink absently
Inflections
2 entriesmore absentlymost absently
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3 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She looked absently out of the window.
Source: tatoeba (11254440)
His wife was still at the table, absently fingering the handle of her cup and staring fixedly out the window at the kennels behind the house.
Source: tatoeba (11305403)
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 […]
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