absentmindedly

See also: absent-mindedly

English

Etymology

From absentminded +‎ -ly.

Adverb

absentmindedly (comparative more absentmindedly, superlative most absentmindedly)

1. Alternative form of absent-mindedly
   • 2005, Dallas Woodburn, 3 A.m.: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN:

     Across the aisle, she was absentmindedly fiddling with a loose piece of yarn that had unraveled from her sweater, wrapping it around her finger the same way Derek was wrapped around her finger. And she didn't even know it. Hoo-boy. She killed him.