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dis·tract·ed·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. distractedlyadverb

    in a distracted manner

    "`Come in,' he said distractedly"

Wiktionary

  1. distractedlyadverb

    In a distracted manner

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Distractedlyadverb

    Madly; frantickly.

    Etymology: from distract.

    Methought her eyes had crost her tongue;
    For she did speak in starts distractedly. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

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  1. distractedly

    Distractedly refers to doing something in a way that shows one's mind is preoccupied or focused on something else, not able to concentrate or pay full attention to the task at hand, typically due to worry or anxiety.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Distractedlyadverb

    disjointedly; madly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of distractedly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of distractedly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of distractedly in a Sentence

  1. Erica Edwards:

    We’re all driving around weapons and we’re all driving distractedly, we’re all guilty of it. I was definitely guilty of it. I was always on my phone, picking it up at every ding.

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