ruminatingly
- a word derived from ruminate.
Example Sentences
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The old man chewed ruminatingly, and spat at a "devil's-horse" which sat alertly atop of a shrub near by.
From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.
There was a story," replied Dan Anderson, ruminatingly, "that Jack Wilson laid out a town there soon after he made the Homestake strike.
From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson
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 Hough, Emerson
"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 Broughton, Rhoda
"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 MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
