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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a meditative manner; with meditation.

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  • adverb In a meditative manner.

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  • adverb in a meditative manner

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Examples

  • I don't think "-- meditatively --" that I enjoy being shot at.

    The Hermit of Far End Margaret Pedler

  • But then "-- meditatively --" she's a pretty big doll too. "

    Eyebright A Story Susan Coolidge 1870

  • The Klondike King paused meditatively, and the group on the hotel porch hitched their chairs up closer.

    Bald-Face 2010

  • The challenge in Khakara making is the patient rolling out of thin chapatis and then roasting them almost meditatively to a perfect golden crispness.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Anjali 2009

  • This he retained meditatively for a time, and blew out through his pursed lips slowly and caressingly.

    IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH 2010

  • “She must be a pretty old woman now,” he said, staring meditatively into the binnacle and then jerking a sharp glance at Harrison, who was steering a point off the course.

    Chapter 14 2010

  • Mr. Bonthuis, 59, said he skated with friends recently but also spent a lot of time just skating meditatively alone, leaning slightly forward, arms crossed behind the back.

    john tagliabue | nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • The challenge in Khakara making is the patient rolling out of thin chapatis and then roasting them almost meditatively to a perfect golden crispness.

    Methi Khakara Anjali 2009

  • And yet, as the ship orbited meditatively, a cheerful song was heard in the cargo hold, a faint drumming and a gospel twang. from → Chronicles

    Project Armageddon, or The Beam O’Doom: Putting the Lid Where It Belongs « Unknowing 2010

  • "It's darn pretty country up there at Glen Ellen," he said meditatively.

    Chapter XIX 2010

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