absentmindedly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.05 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "Jane turned slowly toward the bureau, but merely from force of habit. What was Stephen doing on Pine Street at this hour? She rearranged her hair absentmindedly."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English absentminded Middle English -ly English -ly English absentmindedly From absentminded + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more absentmindedly (comparative)
most absentmindedly (superlative)