ABSENTLY


Meaning of ABSENTLY in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

nod

Eileen nods absently , still engrossed in the work of the group.

She nodded absently and began peeling vegetables and chopping them into a stew that she put in the pressure cooker.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Thanks," she said absently .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Funny ... he said and glanced absently at the paper.

He watched her raise her right foot behind her, absently scratch the other ankle.

I gaze absently out of the window, wondering.

She began to walk around the room, absently tidying things.

She eats another nut, and needlessly, absently , combs her hair.

Tesla picked it up absently and returned it without bothering to look at her.

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