diˈstractedly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a distracted manner; † disjointedly (obs.); with mental distraction, madly, like one distracted.
| 1597 Shakes. Lover's Compl. 28 To euery place at once and no where fixt, The mind and sight distractedly commixt. 1601 ― Twel. N. ii. ii. 22 She did speake in starts distractedly. 1608 T. Morton Pream. Encounter 105 The whole being..distractedly quoted. 1715 J. Barker Exilius II. 39 Seeing him fall by her Hand, she cry'd out most distractedly. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones xiv. iv, You have made her daughter distractedly in love with you. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iii. vi. (1872) 81 Monseigneur..does nothing but walk distractedly..cursing his stars. 1870 Disraeli Lothair iv. 10 He was so distractedly fond of Lady Montairy. |