meditatively
English edit
Etymology edit
meditative + -ly
Adverb edit
meditatively (comparative more meditatively, superlative most meditatively)
- In a meditative manner.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153:
- This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.