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[syn: absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inattentive \In`at*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.
Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
remiss; inadvertent. -- In`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
In`at*ten"tive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inattentively
adv 1: in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the
letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly,
inattentively, absentmindedly]