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absently

ADVERB
  1. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
    he read the letter absently

How To Use absently In A Sentence

  • Absently coiling a blonde curl around her fingers she re-examined the office she was gradually growing familiar with.
  • Hanna called absently into the kitchen, then began reading the introductory paragraph on page 2. Mending Places
  • Then he stops short and mulls it over, fingers toying absently with the spoon in his teacup.
  • As he approached the towers a salty breeze whipped against his skin, A few birds circled overhead, wheeling absently in fatigue above the barren lands.
  • Juniper whiled many a day away in her sitting room, speaking to none, playing absently with the pale rose petals, as soft as the skin of a newborn's cheek.
  • His mother smiled as she absently wrapped the cord around the iron handle.
  • Vicki released a slow and deep breath, her fingers absently tickling the corners of her Bible.
  • I clambered over to him and rested my head on his chest, silently listening to the soft rhythmic beating of his heart as he absently ran his hand through my hair.
  • She soothed the impatience of the hand on her cheek, and, almost absently, musingly scrutinizing it without consciously seeing it, turned it over and slowly kissed the palm. CHAPTER XXVII
  • She absently tapped her artistry pencil on the sketch paper as she stared out onto the whitened garden with unseeing eyes.
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