[Vocabulary] Accidentally or absent mindedly?

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Nikki8

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Which is correct?Today I absent mindedly forgot to read the verse or accidentally forgot to read the verse? It's a situation where reading the verse is done daily...Please solve :)
 

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Either way is possible. You need a hyphen in the adverb absent-mindedly.

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The two words mean different things. Make sure you know what they each mean.
 
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