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absently

/ˈæb.sn̩t.li/

absently adverb: in an absent-minded or abstracted manner.

Adverb

absently (comparative more absently, superlative most absently)

  1. In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
    • When he is in company he will sit absently muttering over a heap of Arabick, or in a Ciceronian attitude, declaim with all the vehemency of eloquence […]1773 June, P.L.B., “A Character”, in The Sentimental Magazine, page 179
    • […] his wife, flinging a shawl round her, had come to the outer room and was listening to the man's narrative, her eyes resting absently on the luggage and the drops of rain glistening upon it.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34

absently meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

absently in Tamil

நினைவின்றி, மறதியாக

absently in Urdu

عدم توجہی سے, بےدھیانی سے

absently in Malayalam

ഹാജരില്ലാത്ത, ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലാത്ത, വരാത്ത, അവധിയിലിരിക്കുന്ന, ഇല്ലാത്ത, അസന്നിഹിതനായ

Synonyms of absently

Forms of absently

comparativemore absently
superlativemost absently

Origin of absently

From absent + -ly.

Questions about absently

What does absently mean?
Absently means in an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
What is absently in Tamil?
Absently in Tamil is நினைவின்றி, மறதியாக. See Absently meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is absently?
Absently is an adverb.
How do you pronounce absently?
Absently is pronounced /ˈæb.sn̩t.li/ (US).

Words near absently in the dictionary

  1. absentia
  2. absentia epileptica
  3. absential
  4. absentiality
  5. absenting
  6. absently
  7. absentment
  8. absentminded
  9. absentminded professor
  10. absentminded professors
  11. absentmindedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absently (page history and authors); absently (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absently (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absently (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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