meditatively

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meditative +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

meditatively (comparative more meditatively, superlative most meditatively)

  1. In a meditative manner.
    • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153:
      This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.