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REFLECTIVELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reflectively mean?
• REFLECTIVELY (adverb)
The adverb REFLECTIVELY has 1 sense:
1. in a reflective manner
Familiarity information: REFLECTIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a reflective manner
Context example:
he watched her reflectively
Pertainym:
reflective (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
Context examples
He rubbed his nose, not reflectively, but savagely, in order to drive the blood into it, and urged the dogs to their work again.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"I wonder," I said reflectively, "what an elephant's soul is like!"
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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