ruminate
verb (used without object)
to meditate or muse; ponder.
ruminatively
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a word derived from
ruminate.
Example Sentences
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Speaking to many of the Clotilda descendants and others in the community around Africatown, where many of them settled, Brown ruminatively explores past and present, heritage and community.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
“He paused,” Preston reports, “and then said ruminatively, ‘There are not many badgers in the House of Lords.’
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2016
These actors achieve the sort of hyper-expressive or understated, rapid-fire or ruminatively halting presence that surpasses scripted drama to become a drama unto itself—a personal confrontation with, and embodiment of, the power of the cinema.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2015
Shuman sipped ruminatively from the gadget, then exhaled a fine white mist toward a low-hanging chandelier.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2015
Francis took the letter and shuffled ruminatively through the pages.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
