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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“I wonder if she would have looked very dreadful if she hadn't taken it,” Hannah said, ruminatingly.
From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
"I wonder," say I, ruminatingly, "what brought her to this part of the world, for she does not seem to know anybody."
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
I wonder,” she said ruminatingly, “if Martin Thorne will wait for her till Janey’s growed up.”
From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Belle Kanaris Maniates
"It's a funny thing about this place," said Patty, ruminatingly, "that, though we have a different preacher every Sunday, we always have the same sermon."
From When Patty Went to College by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
Not receiving from it that diversion and sustenance he apparently was seeking, he also visited, in an equally familiar manner, a jar marked "Jujubes," and returned ruminatingly to his previous position.
From Under the Redwoods by Bret Harte
