Contemplatively

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • With contemplation; attentively; thoughtfully; with close attention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. In a contemplative manner.
  • Word Usage
    ""Then White Violet -- your sister Cynthia, you know," continued Mr. Hamlin, in easy parenthesis -- "wrote for this?" holding the coin contemplatively in his fingers, "and you calculated to nab it yourself?""