Meditatively
['mɛdə,tetɪvli]
Definition
(adv.) in a meditative manner; 'round and round, while meditatively, as a cow chewing the cud, he let his eyes rest on the flat water ahead of him'.
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Examples
- Dorothea sank back in her chair when her uncle had left the room, and cast her eyes down meditatively on her crossed hands. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My uncle says that Mr. Tyke is spoken of as an apostolic man, said Dorothea, meditatively. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Without any; there was, says the lawyer meditatively, an old portmanteau, but--No, there were no papers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Oh, said Caleb, leaning forward, adjusting his finger-tips with nicety and looking meditatively on the ground. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The hand and the match and the voice were then seen by John Rokesmith to belong to Mr Inspector, once meditatively active in this chronicle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her look deepened meditatively. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Here he pressed his lips together, and frowned meditatively. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By the way, said Roylands meditatively, I suppose that Caliphronas thinks you have untold treasures in this Acropolis? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She unclasped her hands from behind her head, and looked at him meditatively. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Rosamond blushed a little, but said, meditatively, I rather like a haughty manner. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What does worry me, pursued Maurice meditatively, is all this war going on for what may turn out to be nothing but a heap of cinders. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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