Synonym: absentmindedly, abstractedly, inattentively. Similar words: absent, absentee, in absentia, absenteeism, absentminded, be absent from, absent-minded, subsequently. Meaning: ['æbsntlɪ] 
adv. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner.
adv. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner. 
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(1) She absently twisted her wedding ring.
(2) He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen.
(3) He gazed absently at the passing crowd.
(4) He nodded absently, his mind obviously on other things.
(5) Laura gazed absently out of the window.
(6) She stroked the cat absently.
(7) Saconi glanced up absently involved with music.
(8) I gaze absently out of the window, wondering.
(9) He sucked one corner of his black moustache absently.
(10) Absently, she stroked his hair.
(11) Eileen nods absently, still engrossed in the work of the group.
(12) She eats another nut, and needlessly, absently[sentencedict.com], combs her hair.
(13) Hicks smiled at her absently, forgetting that his smile was missing its upper right corner.
(14) Tesla picked it up absently and returned it without bothering to look at her.
(15) Her fingers trailed slowly over his chest, tangling absently in the soft curls.
(16) She nodded absently and began peeling vegetables and chopping them into a stew that she put in the pressure cooker.
(17) Funny ... he said and glanced absently at the paper.
(18) "Thanks," she said absently.
(19) Absently she noticed how neat it all was - quite different from the days when Elise lived there.
(20) She began to walk around the room, absently tidying things.
(21) She absently brushed the tears from her cheeks and sniffed.
(22) For a second, he watched it absently, and then hauled it off.
(23) Absently, Douglas picked up the hot mug and rolled it slowly between his hands(sentencedict.com), warming them.
(24) His mother smiled as she absently wrapped the cord around the iron handle.
(25) He watched her raise her right foot behind her, absently scratch the other ankle.
(26) He had sifted some larger pebbles from the sand and was throwing them absently at the dike of drift and kelp.
(27) The first blow landed on my heart and was terrible; the second had absently glanced off my arm.
(28) While fitzAlan hefted the grey's hoof and set to work, she glanced about, absently patting Chalon's velvety muzzle.
(29) Say your two-year-old is staring blankly into space and absently running his fingers along a toy car.
(30) Angling the toes of one leg towards the ceiling, she absently studied its soap-sleeked length.
More similar words: absent, absentee, in absentia, absenteeism, absentminded, be absent from, absent-minded, subsequently, absentee ballot, absentmindedly, absent-mindedly, presently, absent without leave, absence, absence of mind, in the absence of, leave of absence, gently, decently, patently, ardently, intently, potently, fluently, recently, urgently, silently, evidently, prudently, apparently.