adverb
in a manner that is not focused on the present moment or surroundings
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She sat at her desk, staring out the window abstractedly as she contemplated the meaning of the research findings.
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He doodled on his notebook abstractedly while waiting for the meeting to start.
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She scrolled through her phone abstractedly, not really paying attention to anything.
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His mind wandered abstractedly, drifting through memories of the past.