Definition of "distractively" []

• In a distracting or perplexing manner.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Readers can judge whether the Flag of Country in Danger flapped soothing or distractively on the souls of men, that day."
• "Let no coachman whip fast, distractively with his rolling wheels, or almost at all, through these groups!"
• "Like yesterday, when I started noting that as soon as things started getting even a little bit darker, everything would start getting truly, deeply, and distractively blue."