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pensively

adverb as in mentally

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It concludes with Soto pensively surveying the city he grew up in.

McArthur Taylor, age 26, sits pensively at a restaurant in the Monrovian suburb of Sinkor.

The defendant had sat pensively as jurors filed in to deliver their verdict.

But he then pensively added, “It would feel good, but I am not sure it is the right one.”

Kano pensively lifted a plum upon the point of a toothpick and began nibbling at its wrinkled skin.

He sought her in her favorite nook by the side of the La Belle, and there he found her gazing pensively into the water.

The maiden was seated a few paces from him; she was gazing into the fire pensively, and tears stood in her eyes.

"Yeast that ferments is always sour, my child," replied the baker, reclining his head pensively.

Sir John tapped with his gloved finger pensively on the knob of his silver-mounted cane.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pensively, such as: intellectually, psychologically, introspectively, inwardly, psychically, and subjectively.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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