adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
nod
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Eileen nods absently , still engrossed in the work of the group.
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She nodded absently and began peeling vegetables and chopping them into a stew that she put in the pressure cooker.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Thanks," she said absently .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Funny ... he said and glanced absently at the paper.
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He watched her raise her right foot behind her, absently scratch the other ankle.
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I gaze absently out of the window, wondering.
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She began to walk around the room, absently tidying things.
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She eats another nut, and needlessly, absently , combs her hair.
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Tesla picked it up absently and returned it without bothering to look at her.