meditate
verb (used without object)
to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
meditatingly
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a word derived from
meditate.
Example Sentences
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"Funny-tasting stuff when you come to think of it," she said meditatingly.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
She paused, touched her lips with her gloved hand meditatingly, and then went right-about-face swiftly.
From A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath
She spoke in a musing tone, not looking at Egerton at all, but with her eyes fixed meditatingly upon the floor.
From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Martha Finley
Accordingly, I placed myself beside the window, and looked out meditatingly upon the broad lake which lay before our dwelling.
From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by William Gilmore Simms
"Well, we haven't bailed, him out yet," said Marsh meditatingly.
From Making Money by Owen Johnson
