distractedly

English

Etymology

distracted +‎ -ly

Adverb

distractedly (comparative more distractedly, superlative most distractedly)

  1. In a distracted manner.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 147:
      [S]he flaps distractedly past us in a splather of muddy spume.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 202:
      Bradly had laid out rice, potatoes, tomatoes and cheese, and was juggling distractedly among these matters.
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