distractedly

comparative more distractedly · superlative most distractedly

1. In a distracted manner.

   [S]he flaps distractedly past us in a splather of muddy spume.

   1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 147

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   Bradly had laid out rice, potatoes, tomatoes and cheese, and was juggling distractedly among these matters.

   1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 202