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Definition of Thoughtfully

1. Adverb. In a thoughtful manner. "He stared thoughtfully out the window"

2. Adverb. Showing consideration and thoughtfulness. "He had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share"

Definition of Thoughtfully

1. Adverb. In a thoughtful manner. ¹

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Definition of Thoughtfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoughtfully

thought process disorder thought processes thought shower thought showers thought through thought transference thought withdrawal thoughtcrime thoughtcrimes thoughted

thoughten thoughtest thoughtform thoughtforms thoughtful thoughtfully (current term) thoughtfulness thoughtless thoughtless(p) thoughtlessly

thoughtlessness thoughtlet thoughtlets thoughtlike thoughtographic thoughtography thoughts thoughtscape thoughtscapes thoughtsick

Literary usage of Thoughtfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... edifice as we walk thoughtfully along what is known as the Aisle of Statesmen, and look upon the busts or statues of such men as Robert Peel, Lord .-. ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"The inquirer gazed thoughtfully upon his plate for a moment, and then he said, "But Hamlet was a foreigner, was n't he?" Tommaso Salvini, the most notable ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1860)
"It was as we steered thoughtfully past that glorious cape that BLOWHARD told me how, off Tarifa, he had helped to lower DAVID WILKIE, the painter, ..."

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