Tom looked absently out the window.
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Absently
//ˈæb.sn̩t.li//
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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.
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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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