pensively
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Definition(s):
- (adv) in a pensive manner
Usage(s):
- John Kerry sits on a rock in a bomber jacket looking pensively through the fog on Mount Webster in New Hampshire after the November, 1972 election loss.
- She was silent the entire journey, pensively tracing raindrops on the car window with her red lacquered fingernails.
- The candidate, or President as the case may be, wanders the stage looking thoughtful, pensively wagging his wireless microphone.
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