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musingly

American  
[myooz-ing-lee] / ˈmyuz ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. while or as if musing, pondering, or mulling something over; thoughtfully; meditatively.


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 • Mar. 3, 1974

She puts up jam; he musingly produces about one poem every six weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once, remarking on his previous incarnation as the 13th Dalai Lama, he said musingly: "It is funny that the former body was so fond of horses and that they mean so little to me."

From Time Magazine Archive

Quietly, almost musingly, searching the ceiling, gazing at his polished desk, Judge Goldsborough himself took the stump.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I ain’t seen him,” she said, musingly, “for more than twenty years.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin