Pensively
['pɛnsɪvli]
Definition
(adv.) in a pensive manner; 'pensively he stared at the painting'.
Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a pensive manner.
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Examples
- That's the reason I was born in it, observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr Boffin, who had a deep respect for his wife's intuitive wisdom, replied, though rather pensively: 'I suppose we must. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She threw morsel by morsel into the fire, and stood pensively watching them consume. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bella looked at him pensively, and shook her head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She took his arm and walked home pensively and wearily by his side. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I think anxiety is very interesting, observed Amy, eating sugar pensively. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Yes, papa, said she, pensively and tractably. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He put some eggs in a frying pan, and stood pensively prying slabs of meat from between his teeth with a fork. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I presume, she said, pensively, that I've had greater trials than ever she had. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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