contemplatively
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
From contemplative + -ly.
Adverb
contemplatively (comparative more contemplatively, superlative most contemplatively)
- In a contemplative manner.
- 1975, Will Bradford, “A Quickening Pace to Events” (chapter 5), in The Butte Country, Great Britain: Robert Hale & Company, page 46:
- Perry turned and contemplatively watched the lawman’s thick torso moving up through the increasing nightgloom, ‘What the hell do you suppose it is that he knows about us, for a fact?’
- 1994, David Alexander, Bandit, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 41:
- “Hell, that’s practically the Stone Age,” Applegate commented with a laugh, then crammed the last piece of ham sandwich into his mouth and chewed contemplatively before adding, “I can promise you what we have in store will knock your socks off.”