absent-mindedly
See also: absentmindedly
English
editEtymology
editFrom absent-minded + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editabsent-mindedly (comparative more absent-mindedly, superlative most absent-mindedly)
- (manner) Preoccupiedly; in an absent-minded manner. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
Synonyms
editTranslations
editpreoccupiedly
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References
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absent-mindedly”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.