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Meanings of absent-minded fashion in English

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Usage of absent-minded fashion in English
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He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent-minded fashion.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
2
We still had music every now and then, but it was in a half-hearted and absent-minded fashion.
My Life — Volume 2
3
He scrutinized it with close attention, and then began to turn it round and round in his hand in an absent-minded fashion.
South Wind
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Then she affected not to know where she was going, wandering in an aimless, absent-minded fashion, getting near and nearer her recalcitrant drake.
Celibates
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Jeekie coughed to intimate that it was time for his master to dress, and Alan turned and looked at him in an absent-minded fashion.
A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa
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In the quiet parlor, darkened by twilight shadows, Madame Roubere was reading, in an absent-minded fashion, raising her eyes whenever she heard a sound.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
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"Hm-m," Rod answered in absent-minded fashion.
Ralestone Luck
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"I will do so, Mr. Holmes." He scribbled the appointment on his shirtcuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent-minded fashion.
Sherlock Holmes: The complete canon
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