Absently
['æbs(ə)ntlɪ] or ['æbsəntli]
Definition
(adv.) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; 'he read the letter absently'.
Typed by Joan--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an absent or abstracted manner.
Typed by Alphonse
Examples
- We could take thy happiness in a plane, he said absently. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She had a preoccupied look, and she made her apologies for being late rather absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then he sat down absently, looking before him, but seeing nothing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On this occasion they wandered to the album, and toyed absently about the margin of the little water-colour drawing. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yes, she assented absently. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She had furled her parasol and sat absently drawing patterns on the gravel. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I was still on the same side of the way; now mechanically walking forward a few paces; now stopping again absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Listen, _guapa_, said Pilar and ran her finger now absently but tracingly over the contours of her cheeks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Bart dropped into a chair, and sat gazing absently at the fragment of jellied salmon which the butler had placed before him. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Crispin smiled absently, and tossed his cigarette into the waters which rushed past, glittering in the moonlight with the grayish glint of steel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Ay, ay, it was lucky, said Caleb, speaking rather absently, and looking towards the spot where he had been at work at the moment of interruption. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He looked absently towards Rainbarrow while one might have counted twenty, and said, as if he did not much mind all this, Yes, I will go home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was always the same; the lips close shut, the brow frowning, the eyes looking straight forward, eagerly and yet absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Lily was silent, smiling faintly, with her eyes absently resting on his face. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Maurice smiled absently, and tugged moodily at his mustache. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was only a fancy, she said absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Lily sat gazing absently through the blue rings of her cigarette-smoke. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Miss Bart put down her pen and sat absently gazing at the note she had begun. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I believe so, answered Jo absently. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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