musingly
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7.2
- adverb
- /ˈmjuːzɪŋli/
:
pensativamente
- "I wonder what sort of people live in this reality?" Colene said musingly.
- said musingly
Examples
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"I wonder if I made the right choice," she said musingly, reflecting on her recent decision.
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"We always knew we'd run out of it someday," my 76-year-old mother said musingly, as we discussed Peak Oil.
Blog text (15) -
"He must think well of ye," he said musingly.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Especially good old Pearl," Mary Jo said musingly.
Fiction book (1992) -
Carefully, musingly, Dan started, "Ever get a kind of funny feeling when somebody's dead?"
Fiction book (1997) -
"Space for the bullets to go by," Lewis echoed musingly.
Fiction book (1992) -
The faradhi eyed him musingly.
Fiction book (1992) -
He gestured toward it and smiled musingly.
Fiction book (1995) -
And Sadalian was a perfect brute before Riyan finally got it across that drowning him in color wasn't the best way to communicate. "I never thought of it that way," Maarken said musingly.
Fiction book (1992) -
He gazed out at the sea, musingly pondering the mysteries of life.
Synonyms
3
7.0
In a quiet, serious way that shows deep thought and a little sadness
3
4.8
In a way that shows careful thought before speaking or acting
1
5.7
In a quiet, thoughtful way while you think about something
1
6.8
In a quiet, thoughtful way
1
7.3
When a person looks carefully at their own thoughts and feelings
In a slow, thoughtful way
Antonyms
How Thoughtful
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5.7
3
7.0
1
7.2
3
4.8
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word musingly comes from the verb muse, which links to the old name 'Muse' for a creative spirit who inspires 'thought'. So, to act musingly is to act in a quiet, thoughtful way, as if you are quietly thinking.