0 as if you are not paying attention to what is happening near you, and are thinking about other things: --
The major absently rubbed the radiation scar on his cheek as he looked them over.
At the touch, and the sound of her voice, he roused himself with a start and regarded her absently.
A single citizen appeared at the doorway of the most habitable house and looked absently over the heads of the new-comers.
He was absently straightening the papers on his table, when a small blue envelope attracted his attention.
She rose and stood absently fitting her gloves to her fingers.
My vis-à-vis rubbed absently at a protuberance on his left side.
He kept walking slower and slower as if in deep thought, and after a time he reached absently into his pocket for a letter.
He nodded a little absently, she thought, and fell in step beside her.
