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English Dictionary: inattentively by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inattentively
adv
  1. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently"
    Synonym(s): absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inattentive \In`at*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
      Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
      careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
      or hearer; an inattentive habit. --I. Watts.
  
      Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent;
               remiss; inadvertent. -- {In`at*ten"tive*ly}, adv. --
               {In`at*ten"tive*ness}, n.
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