The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inattentive \In`at*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. inattentif.]
Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;
careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator
or hearer; an inattentive habit.
--I. Watts.
Syn: Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent. -- In`at*ten"tive*ly, adv. -- In`at*ten"tive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In an inattentive manner.
WordNet
adv. in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly, absentmindedly]
Usage examples of "inattentively".
The lower manifestations of the Subliminal, indeed, fall within the resources of the personal subject: his ordinary sense-material, inattentively taken in and subconsciously remembered and combined, will account for all his usual automatisms.