ruminate
verb (used without object)
to meditate or muse; ponder.
ruminatingly
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a word derived from
ruminate.
Example Sentences
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"H'm!" he says, ruminatingly, and as if addressing the remark more to himself than to me.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
"Aye," he repeated ruminatingly, "he's jist like the young folk, but Ah misdoot he's got mair sense than some o' them."
From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
You always felt like puttin' the saddle on to Pinto hind end to, he was so cross-eyed," he resumed ruminatingly, "but still you couldn't help feelin' sorry for him, neither.
From Heart's Desire by Emerson Hough
"Well, of all the extraordinary--" began a voice, ruminatingly, and broke short off, as if abashed at its own infraction of the silence.
From The Mystery by Stewart Edward White
"Well, she might do worse," said Bunting ruminatingly.
From The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
