meditatively

adv

meditatively

adv

Etymology From meditative + -ly.

1

In a meditative manner.

“Yes,” she said meditatively; then suddenly dropped her voice. “Mr. Hastings, you do not think—surely it could not have been Lawrence—Oh, no, that could not be!”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 157:
This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153:

1 more example

ESTRAGON: I've forgotten. (Chews.) That's what annoys me. (He looks at the carrot appreciatively, dangles it between finger and thumb.) I'll never forget this carrot. (He sucks the end of it meditatively.) Ah yes, now I remember.1954 [1948], Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot […] , New York: Grove Press, translation of En attendant Godot, page 12:

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