Definition of "distractedly" [dis•tract•ed•ly]

• In a distracted manner (adverb)

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• "He shouted again and again until he was hoarse, calling distractedly upon Espérance, Zuleika and all the servants in turn."
• "He dashed from the control room, calling distractedly to Ora as he raced along the passageway."
• "Mr. Winkle knelt horror – stricken beside him; how Mr. Tupman called distractedly upon some feminine Christian name, and then opened first one eye, and then the other, and then fell back and shut them both — all this would be as difficult to describe in detail, as it would be to depict the gradual recovering of the unfortunate individual, the binding up of his arm with pocket – handkerchiefs, and the conveying him back by slow degrees supported by the arms of his anxious friends."