MEDITATIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meditatively mean? 

• MEDITATIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb MEDITATIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in a meditative manner

  Familiarity information: MEDITATIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDITATIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a meditative manner

Context example:

round and round, while meditatively, as a cow chewing the cud, he let his eyes rest on the flat water ahead of him

Pertainym:

meditative (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

 Context examples 

"Henry . . . " He sucked meditatively at his pipe for some time before he went on.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Yes, you are a Bachelor of Arts," he said meditatively; "and you ought to know."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“She must be a pretty old woman now,” he said, staring meditatively into the binnacle and then jerking a sharp glance at Harrison, who was steering a point off the course.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"A photographer," Brissenden said meditatively.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A maid began opening the upper windows of his house, appeared momentarily in each, and, leaning from a large central bay, spat meditatively into the garden.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)