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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Absentmindedly

Hi.

Can you please tell me if 'absentmindedly' works well in the sentences?

If I wrote 'absently' instead would they mean the same thing?


1. He absentmindedly watched his wife put on make-up in the bathroom.

2. He sat in the locker room, absentmindedly turning a baseball in his hand.

  

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I don't hear people say 'absently'. Absentmindedly needs to be used in a context where you carelessly forget litlle things. I don't see that context here.

— Clive

  • I don't hear people say 'absently'.
  • Absentmindedly needs to be used in a context where you carelessly forget litlle things.
  • I don't see that context here.
  • Clive
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I don't hear people say 'absently'.


Absentmindedly needs to be used in a context where you carelessly forget litlle things. I don't see that context here.

Clive

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