Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a musing way.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a musing manner.
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- adverb In a
musing manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a reflective manner
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Examples
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Bertrand repeated the phrase musingly as if questioning with himself how much it might mean.
The Rocks of Valpre 1910
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The girl sampled the name musingly, once or twice --
The American Claimant Mark Twain 1872
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I can't make out -- "musingly," where she can have gone! not that she is just the company I desire.
Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer
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Frederick musingly weighed the packet of them in his hand, as though to determine if any relation existed between the weight of paper and the sums of money represented on it.
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She soothed the impatience of the hand on her cheek, and, almost absently, musingly scrutinizing it without consciously seeing it, turned it over and slowly kissed the palm.
CHAPTER XXVII 2010
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He sat at the back of the room and looked very musingly at me all the way through [my presentation.]
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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“So, farm boys are forceful kissers,” the prince said, musingly.
Violet Eyes DEBBIE VIGUIË 2010
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“So, farm boys are forceful kissers,” the prince said, musingly.
Violet Eyes DEBBIE VIGUIË 2010
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He said, musingly, By Connie you must mean Constance?
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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He sat at the back of the room and looked very musingly at me all the way through [my presentation.]
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