Funny ... he said and glanced absently at the paper.
He watched her raise her right foot behind her, absently scratch the other ankle.
I gaze absently out of the window, wondering.
She began to walk around the room, absently tidying things.
She eats another nut, and needlessly, absently, combs her hair.
Tesla picked it up absently and returned it without bothering to look at her.
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· Eileen nods absently, still engrossed in the work of the group.· She nodded absently and began peeling vegetables and chopping them into a stew that she put in the pressure cooker.
in a way that shows that you are not paying attention to or thinking about what is happening: Laura gazed absently out of the window.