musingly

American  

[myooz-ing-lee] / ˈmyuz ɪŋ li /

adverb

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

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Example Sentences

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

When she sang her most famous piece, "Violetera," where she goes among the audience with little violet bunches to offer musingly, withdraw capriciously, bestow impetuously, the starched and bejeweled Manhattanites arose and cheered.

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

The Chinese musingly released a barbed shaft: "In my country we have a similar saying, 'Once a friend, always a friend.'"

From Time Magazine Archive

“I wonder what she is thinking,” Aunty Uju said sadly, musingly While she was in America, The General had one of the bedrooms repainted a brilliant white.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie