musingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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She paused, then said musingly, “I have several pretty house dresses. I could throw one on and come down and talk to you… but I’m too lazy.”
From Los Angeles Times
Its blend of the comedic and the affecting, of the musingly reminiscent and the sharply combative, is stamped on the screen with no sense of time.
From The New Yorker
“Of course, it’s nice to come back here. It’s nice to be part of the legend of a place like Pebble Beach,” he said musingly.
From Golf Digest
But he was able to say musingly, “To be or not to be.”
From Literature
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“I ain’t seen him,” she said, musingly, “for more than twenty years.”
From Literature
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