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meditatively

meditatively adverb: in a meditative manner.

Adverb

meditatively (comparative more meditatively, superlative most meditatively)

  1. In a meditative manner.
    • “Yes,” she said meditatively; then suddenly dropped her voice. “Mr. Hastings, you do not think—surely it could not have been Lawrence—Oh, no, that could not be!”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 157
    • This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153

Forms of meditatively

comparativemore meditatively
superlativemost meditatively

Origin of meditatively

From meditative + -ly.

Questions about meditatively

What does meditatively mean?
Meditatively means in a meditative manner.
What part of speech is meditatively?
Meditatively is an adverb.

Words near meditatively in the dictionary

  1. meditationists
  2. meditations
  3. meditatist
  4. meditatists
  5. meditative
  6. meditatively
  7. meditativeness
  8. meditator
  9. meditators
  10. Mediterran
  11. Mediterrane

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