reflecting
adjective
casting back light, heat, sound, etc., from a surface.
reflectingly
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a word derived from
reflecting.
Example Sentences
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I think I know how,” continued he reflectingly.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
She is rather given to singing ballads of an elegiac nature," added the prince, reflectingly, "but our madcap Romeo will cure her of that.
From A Midnight Fantasy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
“It seems but a question of that,” says Don Estevan, as if speaking reflectingly to himself.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
He glowered down upon her with flushed face and angry eyes; but she was quite unmoved by his outburst, and still met his gaze steadily, almost reflectingly.
From At Love's Cost by Charles Garvice
"One thing is quite certain, and that is the fact that he disappeared in the corridor," he said to himself reflectingly.
From The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Newell Boothby
