Absently

2 definitions found

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

  Absently \Ab"sent*ly\, adv.
     In an absent or abstracted manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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