Holmes took a half-sovereign from his pocket and played with it pensively. "We thought that we should like to hear it all from your own lips," he said.
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Pensively
Synonyms for "pensively" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adverb(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Adverb(2 words)
Related words (4)
Adverb(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesadverb of manner
Collocations
6 entriesgaze pensivelylook pensivelyponder pensivelystare pensivelythink pensivelywrite pensively
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Leonid was sitting pensively.
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