Definitionadv. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
Last update: July 2, 2015
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Rostov, smoking his pipe and turning his head about as the water trickled down his neck, listened inattentively, with an occasional glance at Ilyin, who was pressing close to him. [Please select]
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To Maria Chapdelaine, glancing inattentively here and there, there was nothing in all this to make one feel lonely or afraid. [Please select]
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Gorgias started, and the apology he stammered showed so plainly how inattentively he had listened, that Barine would have had good reason to feel offended. [Please select]
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She had again addressed herself to the shelves, but her eyes now swept them inattentively, and he saw that she was preoccupied with a new idea. [Please select]
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