adverb
- in a way that shows you are thinking about something else and not paying attention to what is happening around you
Examples
- She stared abstractedly out the window during the meeting.
- He nodded abstractedly while his colleague explained the project.
- The professor answered abstractedly, clearly preoccupied with other thoughts.
- She stirred her coffee abstractedly, lost in contemplation.
- He walked abstractedly down the hallway, bumping into a door frame.
- The artist worked abstractedly, barely aware of the time passing.