absently

== English == === Etymology === From absent + -ly. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.sn̩t.li/ === Adverb === absently (comparative more absently, superlative most absently) In an absent-minded or abstracted manner. [From the late 18th century.] 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34,[1] […] his wife, flinging a shawl round her, had come to the outer room and was listening to the man's narrative, her eyes resting absently on the luggage and the drops of rain glistening upon it. ==== Synonyms ==== absent-mindedly abstractedly ==== Related terms ==== absentee