absentmindedly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English absentminded Middle English -ly English -ly English absentmindedly From absentminded + -ly.

1. Alternative form of absent-mindedly.

   “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.”