meditate
verb (used without object)
to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
meditatively
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a word derived from
meditate.
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a word derived from
meditative.
Example Sentences
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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
They gathered in a huddle and breathed meditatively.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
To ignore my fear of dying, I gaze meditatively at the ice a few feet in front of me as I dangle.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2019
But so much air tends to surround everyone’s statements that the tension diffuses; this is a work, for better and worse, more meditatively expansive than taut, yet stuck with too many naturalistic trappings.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2017
He cut off a chunk of dried breadapple, offered me a slice, and sat meditatively chewing.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
