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発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/

副詞

absent-mindedly (comparative more absent-mindedly, superlative most absent-mindedly)

1. (manner) Preoccupiedly; in an absent-minded manner. [First attested in the late 19 century.]
   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantyne Books, published 1963, page 97:

     Professor Archimedes Q. Porter, his hands clasped beneath the tails of his long coat, paces back and forth under the ever-watchful eye of his faithful secretary, Mr. Samuel T. Philander. Twice within the past few minutes he has started absent-mindedly across the tracks in the direction of a near-by swamp, only to be rescued and dragged back by the tireless Mr. Philander.

   • 2024 June 10, Thomas Lake, “17 years later, I still remember this act of kindness from another driver”, in CNN‎:

     On the same highway, I once absent-mindedly cut in front of this enormous jacked-up pickup truck.

同意語

• absently, abstractedly

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