ABSTRACTEDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abstractedly mean? 

• ABSTRACTEDLY (adverb)
  The adverb ABSTRACTEDLY has 1 sense:

1. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner

  Familiarity information: ABSTRACTEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSTRACTEDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an absentminded or preoccupied manner

Synonyms:

absently; absentmindedly; abstractedly; inattentively

Context example:

he read the letter absently

Pertainym:

abstracted (lost in thought; showing preoccupation)

 Context examples 

To all these suggestions the jongleur made no response, but sat with his eye fixed abstractedly upon the ceiling, as one who calls words to his mind.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he read, he abstractedly ran his fingers, with a caressing movement, through his hair.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"It was—simply amazing," she repeated abstractedly. "But I swore I wouldn't tell it and here I am tantalizing you."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)