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musingly

musingly adverb: in a musing manner.

Adverb

musingly (comparative more musingly, superlative most musingly)

  1. In a musing manner.
    • It was half-way through the morning, and he had not breakfasted; the slight litter of other breakfasts stood about on the table to remind him of his hunger; and adding a poached egg to his order, he proceeded musingly to shake some white sugar into his coffee, thinking all the time about Flambeau.1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Blue Cross”, in The Innocence of Father Brown

Forms of musingly

comparativemore musingly
superlativemost musingly

Origin of musingly

From musing + -ly.

Questions about musingly

What does musingly mean?
Musingly means in a musing manner.
What part of speech is musingly?
Musingly is an adverb.

Words near musingly in the dictionary

  1. Musilesque
  2. musimon
  3. musimons
  4. Musina
  5. musing
  6. musingly
  7. musings
  8. musion
  9. musions
  10. musique
  11. musique concrete

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