Abstractedly

Examples

• As the low fire gleamed upon her, it showed her smiling, mournfully and abstractedly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This order of things, abstractedly considered, is not necessary. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Gerald looked at him strangely, abstractedly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He looked abstractedly from one to another, and said, in a lower voice, after a pause: Will you answer his question to me then? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Yes; he's my boy,' replied Sikes, looking hard at Oliver, and putting his hand abstractedly into the pocket where the pistol was. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yes, said he abstractedly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Chloe stood handling them over abstractedly; it was quite evident that the chickens were not what she was thinking of. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Yes, said the old man abstractedly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have suspected Mr. Ablewhite, on grounds which abstractedly justify suspecting Mr. Blake too. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Pickwick walked on abstractedly, crossed opposite the Mansion House, and bent his steps up Cheapside. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She lifted her face abstractedly when he entered, watched him go to the sofa, and sit down. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mr. Benjamin Allen gazed abstractedly on his friend for some minutes in silence, and then said-- 'You have never proposed to her, point-blank, Bob? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Checker: Phyllis