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I saw Roscoe looking at him in an abstracted way, and, as he did not reply, I said: "Phil had many friends and no enemies."
MRS. FALCHION, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERStrange to say, the pail from which the can had been abstracted stood unmoved in its accustomed place.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSONThen Caro became abstracted, wondering why George Tanqueray was coming, and to this particular show.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRShe was if anything more restless; unnaturally (he said) abstracted when you spoke to her; hardly aware of you at times.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIR"I must have that flute," repeated the grocer, in the same abstracted tone and manner.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKSBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNGAs to Mess Lethierry, in the abstracted state of his mind, these little changes in Déruchette's habits escaped him.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOObserving his abstracted and melancholy demeanour, the good wife approached and tenderly inquired the cause.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILEWhat is more at ease, more abstracted from the world, than a true single-hearted honesty?
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SOURCESJAMES WOODShe passed on to the vinery, where sitting down under the interlaced green she became still more abstracted.
THE FALSE CHEVALIERWILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALLThe hermit sighed deeply as he ceased speaking, and fell into an abstracted frame of mind.
MARTIN RATTLERR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO ABSTRACTED
- absent
- absorbed
- abstracted
- airheaded
- bemused
- careless
- distracted
- distrait
- dreaming
- dreamy
- engrossed
- faraway
- forgetful
- goofing off
- head in the clouds
- heedless
- inattentive
- inconscient
- lost
- mooning
- moony
- oblivious
- out to lunch
- pipe dreaming
- preoccupied
- remote
- removed
- scatterbrained
- space cadet
- spacey
- unaware of events
- unconscious
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unthinking
- withdrawn
- woolgathering
- absent-minded
- abstracted
- casual
- cursory
- disregardful
- forgetful
- hasty
- heedless
- improvident
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadvertent
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- indolent
- injudicious
- irresponsible
- lackadaisical
- lax
- loose
- mindless
- napping
- negligent
- nonchalant
- oblivious
- offhand
- perfunctory
- pococurante
- reckless
- regardless
- remiss
- slipshod
- sloppy
- thoughtless
- uncircumspect
- unconcerned
- unguarded
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unreflective
- unthinking
- wasteful
- a piece
- abroad
- abstracted
- apart
- arm's length
- asunder
- away
- backwoods
- beyond range
- far
- far back
- far-flung
- far-off
- farther
- further
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- inaccessible
- indirect
- isolated
- middle of nowhere
- not home
- obscure
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- remote
- removed
- retired
- secluded
- secret
- separate
- sequestered
- telescopic
- unapproachable
- ways
- wide of
- yonder
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