absently

Definitions

Examples

• Oh,” said Kenney absently, “I was wondering what happened to that.

• Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.

• She led Isabel over to Mrs. Kaye, who sat alone on a small sofa, sipping her coffee and absently puffing at a cigarette.

• For another minute or two he sat there without speaking, absently flipping pebbles over the bank.

• "Certainly—certainly," murmured the Assistant Commissioner, glancing up absently.

• He was a fat little man who sat habitually with a hand on either knee, which he clawed absently both in conversation and thought.