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Attendees, including the three local residents, walked meditatively with Buddhist monks, nuns and lay leaders, around the city block where Antioch’s Chinatown stood 150 years ago.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

That stack of nights agitates in a way it wouldn’t if it were laid out, meditatively, on one line.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Beside a gazebo, Step Afrika! founder C. Brian Williams blinks, while Yoko K. Sen, a sound alchemist and electronic musician, gazes meditatively from atop a hill.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2020

They gathered in a huddle and breathed meditatively.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2019

In a different key, “How can I?” he repeated meditatively.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley