absent-mindedly

absent-mindedly
adverb
geistesabwesend
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absent-ˈminded·ly
adv (momentarily) geistesabwesend; (habitually) zerstreut
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["bsənt'maIndIdlI]
adv
behave zerstreut; look (geistes)abwesend

he absent-mindedly forgot it — in seiner Zerstreutheit hat er es vergessen

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adverb
geistesabwesend
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adv.
zerstreut adv.

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