Absent-mindedly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absent-minded \Ab`sent-mind"ed\, a.
     Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. --
     {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness}, n. -- {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  absentmindedly
       adv : in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner; "he read the
             letter absently" [syn: {absently}, {abstractedly}, {inattentively}]