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Definition of Pensively
1. Adverb. In a pensive manner. "Pensively he stared at the painting"
Definition of Pensively
1. adv. In a pensive manner.
Definition of Pensively
1. Adverb. In a thoughtful or reflective manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pensively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pensively
Literary usage of Pensively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth (1900)
"... said with a sigh ; and pensively inscribed it in her book. January \$th.
— The bills for my roses and bulbs and other last year's horticultural ..."
2. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"... moralists —A pensively- elegant lecture on life, extracted from the scene
presented by Covent-Garden market 144 ". Scandal viewed in more lights than ..."
3. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1836)
"An Elderly Woman, seated, leaning her head pensively on her hand ; the other
hand, containing her spectacles, rests on a large book lying open before her. ..."
4. Mary Brandegee: An Autobiography by Ellen Peck (1865)
"... and I could not help noticing that, in the midst of the eulogiums which I was
pronouncing on the scenery of the Hudson, his eye reverted pensively to my ..."
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