/k?n?tem.pl?.t??v.li/in a way thatinvolvesquietandseriousthought:Conniegazedat Clifford contemplatively.Shesatstaringcontemplatively into thestream.SeecontemplationMore examples
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Examplesofcontemplatively
contemplativelyInstead, her work is quietlycontemplativelybeautiful, easy on the eye.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As shecontemplativelybit her nails, he warned her that she shouldn't do that.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The statue appears to be staringcontemplativelyinto an open sky.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/contemplatively##