distractedly

adverb

dis·​tract·​ed·​ly

: in the manner of one that is distracted: such as

a

: distraughtly

the mother of the lost child could do nothing but pace distractedly up and down the room until the child was found

b

: to the point of mental disorder

felt it was foolish to love so distractedly as the two young people did

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