Distractedly
[dis'træktidli]
Definition
(adv.) in a distracted manner; '`Come in,' he said distractedly'.
Typed by Lillian--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Disjointedly; madly.
Edited by Lester
Examples
- She was looking distractedly about for her family, even then; and her last words to me were, that she never would desert Mr. Micawber. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- With that, Miss Havisham looked distractedly at me for a while, and then burst out again, What had she done! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I declare I quite doat upon them already, and indeed I am always distractedly fond of children. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Uttering these words, the good lady pointed, distractedly, to the cupboard, and underwent a convulsion from internal spasms. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And yet Mrs. Bagnet wonders too why Mrs. Rouncewell should murmur so distractedly, My Lady, my Lady, my Lady! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He ran distractedly, his pistol in his hand, towards a gap in the hedge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Lester