Ruminatively

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a ruminative way.

    "But who could not have been captivated by the passages of ecstatic murmurings; shimmering, unhinged harmonies; ruminatively Wagnerian lyricism?"

Example

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"But who could not have been captivated by the passages of ecstatic murmurings; shimmering, unhinged harmonies; ruminatively Wagnerian lyricism?"

Etymology

From ruminative + -ly.

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