distractedlyadv.
In a distracted manner; †disjointedly (obsolete); with mental distraction, madly, like one distracted.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly
woodlyc1000
madlyc1225
out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85
bedlamlya1569
bedlamlike1576
distractedly1608
madling1608
monthly1611
brainsicklya1616
maddinglya1625
frenzilya1688
crazily1814
insanely1828
dementedly1844
off1866
hippomaniacally1876
pathologically1925
manically1927
dottily1937
feyly1959
kookily1968
nutso1980
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adverb]
confusedly1502
amazedly1561
out1585
perplexedly1587
distractedly1608
muddily1648
confoundedly1672
turbidly1728
puzzledly1870
unclearly1875
muddledly1914
distraughtly1926
wuzzily1964
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adverb] > in a disjoined or disconnected manner
disjoinedly?a1560
distractedly1608
disjointly1634
disjunctly1649
disconnectedly1807
unconnectedly1816
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [adverb] > in a distracted manner
distractlyc1450
distractedly1608
1608 Bp. T. Morton Preamble Incounter 105 The whole being..distractedly quoted.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2 To euery place at once and no where fixt, The mind and sight distractedly commxit [sic].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. ii. 21 She did speake in starts distractedly . View more context for this quotation
1715 J. Barker Exilius ii. 39 Seeing him fall by her Hand, she cry'd out most distractedly.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. iv. 136 You have made her Daughter distractedly in Love with you. View more context for this quotation
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. vi. 131 Monseigneur,..does nothing but walk distractedly,..cursing his stars.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) iv. 10 He was so distractedly fond of Lady Montairy.
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