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.