adv
Meaning 1
Preoccupiedly; in an absent-minded manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: manner
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
absent-mindedly
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Sound
Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English absent-minded Middle English -ly English -ly English absent-mindedly From absent-minded + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разсеян, потънал в мисли (razsejan, potǎnal v misli) — preoccupiedly
- Catalan: badant — preoccupiedly
- Catalan: distretament — preoccupiedly
- Danish: åndsfraværende — preoccupiedly
- Danish: distræt — preoccupiedly
- Finnish: hajamielisesti — preoccupiedly
- Finnish: poissaolevasti — preoccupiedly
- French: distraitement — preoccupiedly
- German: gedankenverloren — preoccupiedly
- German: geistesabwesend — preoccupiedly
- Hebrew: בהיסח־דעת (be'heisekh-da'at) — preoccupiedly
- Hungarian: szórakozottan — preoccupiedly
- Italian: distrattamente — preoccupiedly
- Japanese: ぼんやりと (bon'yari to) — preoccupiedly
- Norwegian Bokmål: åndsfraværende — preoccupiedly
- Polish: z roztargnieniem — preoccupiedly
- Portuguese: distraidamente — preoccupiedly
- Romanian: în mod absent — preoccupiedly
- Russian: машина́льно (mašinálʹno) — preoccupiedly
- Spanish: distraídamente — preoccupiedly
- Turkish: beyinsizce — preoccupiedly