contemplative
adjective
given to or characterized by contemplation.
contemplatively
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a word derived from
contemplative.
Example Sentences
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At the start, we see her stride into a temple and sit contemplatively before a statue of the face of a woman.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
Late at night after a full 15-hour day shooting, Leigh Whannell is sitting in a plastic folding chair in the car park of Sydney’s Fox Studios looking contemplatively at sound stage two.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2020
At the moment, there’s no greater service they can provide than creating imaginative worlds for audiences to contemplatively explore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
If she was good, they’d nod at one another contemplatively or raise an eyebrow.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2017
Men, irrigating in the silver fields, paused, leaning contemplatively on their shovel handles, to listen.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
