absently
- r in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
he read the letter absently
- He nods, absently, then says: "Well, you're in the right place.
- The warm widow whose puny son he is physically cultivating shows her gratitude for favors absently bestowed, by saving him from an emotional cropper over a "toff" (lady).
- Only last fortnight Prague's Nrodni Politika, commenting absently on the spy situation, observed with interest that Russian spies seemed to be unusually numerous this year.