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abstractedly

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ab·stract·ed  (b-strktd, bstrk-)
adj.
1. Removed or separated from something else; apart.
2. Lost or deep in thought; preoccupied.

ab·stracted·ly adv.
ab·stracted·ness n.
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Adv.1.abstractedly - in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently"
Translations
abstractedly [æbˈstræktɪdlɪ] ADV she listened abstractedlyescuchaba distraída
abstractedly [æbˈstræktɪdli] advdistraitement
abstractedly
advabwesend, entrückt (geh); gazewie abwesend


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He looked abstractedly from one to another, and said, in a lower voice, after a pause:
Then, when he had finished, he went and leant on the cage of the watch-light, and gazed abstractedly on the ocean.
murmured Pollyanna abstractedly, eyeing the clouds in her turn.
 
 
 
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