Translations for „absently“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

absently [ˈæbsəntlı] ADV

absently

心不在焉地 xīn bù zài yān de

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I arch my back absently and squeeze my bare legs together, creating a nice pressure, mouthing the word, seeing how it feels.

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His mind drifted absently across the landscape.

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We were all in it together - laughing, cringing, absently checking our email and wondering if we'd miss those two hours later in life.

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Back in the living room, the other guy is absently poking at his phone.

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Absently, he fingers his great enemy, the soil, not soil any more, but compacted dust.

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She had small, delicate hands whose nails she kept manicured and shined and was vain about and that she gestured with absently.

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I sip my morning coffee with toes dangling in the pool, absently gazing at the limestone ridges of the mountains across the valley.

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I absently moved us aside to avoid being impaled on a wayward stick of bamboo.

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He turns, absently, and switches the device off.

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At various times he rocked back and forth, fidgeted absently or ran a hand through his grey, thinning hair.

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