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Webster 1913 Edition
Absently
Ab′sent-ly
,adv.
In an absent or abstracted manner.
Definition 2024
absently
absently
English
Adverb
absently (comparative more absently, superlative most absently)
- In an absent-minded or abstracted manner. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8