1. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner
   "he read the letter absently"
   - abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly

See also: absent

• thick-billed murre
• thick-bodied
• thick-branched
• thick-footed morel
• thick-haired
• thick-knee
• thick-lipped
• thick-skinned
• thick-skulled
• thick-stemmed
• thick-witted
• thicken
• thickened
• thickener
• thickening
• thicket
• thicket-forming
• thickhead
• thickheaded
• thickly
• thickly settled
• thickness
• thicko
• thickset
• thickspread