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" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (1)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (1)
Adverb(1 words)
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Synonyms
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Portuguese
1 entries- pensativamente adv (in a thoughtful or reflective manner)
Russian
1 entries- заду́мчиво adv (in a thoughtful or reflective manner)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- zàmišljeno adv (in a thoughtful or reflective manner)
Spanish
1 entries- pensativamente adv (in a thoughtful or reflective manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- заду́мливо adv (in a thoughtful or reflective manner)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Leonid was sitting pensively.
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