Meaning

1 senses

  1. In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.

    in an absentminded or preoccupied manner

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom looked absently out the window.

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  2. She looked absently out of the window.

    ruОна рассеянно посмотрела в окно. — Wezel

    deSie sah geistesabwesend aus dem Fenster. — PeterR

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Forms

more absently, most absently
Comparativemore absently Lesson
Superlativemost absently

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
absent-mindedlyabstractedly
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
RelatedabsenteeB2absent

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
absentB1absenteeB2absentiaabsintheabsoluteB1absolutelyB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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