Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of a ruminant; by means of rumination.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.

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  • adverb In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.

Etymologies

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ruminant +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "A flutey voice, like some birds I've listened to," returned the girl ruminantly, "but with something a bit odd and different in her speech that made us think her an American, and Hope even spoke of it; but just then the carriage came to take us to the wharf, and she forgot to answer."

    All Aboard A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

  • But in whichever direction Emmy looked she was always brought back as by a magnet to Alf, who sat ruminantly beside her.

    Nocturne Frank Swinnerton 1933

  • "Too bad she ain't got a few more millions," said Uncle Peter, ruminantly.

    The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • "Hear them little fellers!" said Stephen, ruminantly.

    A Christmas Accident and Other Stories Annie Eliot Trumbull 1903

  • Ruth repeated the word, not in the effect of a query, but ruminantly.

    The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901

  • Courant clasped his hands behind his head and gazed ruminantly before him.

    The Emigrant Trail Geraldine Bonner 1900

  • This might have endured until he returned to earth had not the airman stopped the engines so that they drifted ruminantly in space below the clouds.

    The Burning Spear John Galsworthy 1900

  • He gazed ruminantly away from the lagoon to the pool of Psyche, where the Tahitian women squatted on their shapely haunches and thumped their clothes.

    Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

  • This might have endured until he returned to earth had not the airman stopped the engines so that they drifted ruminantly in space below the clouds.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • "He has a fine forehead, and if one likes beards, his is certainly a handsome specimen," said Aunt Helen ruminantly, as we were driving home.

    A Romantic Young Lady Robert Grant 1896

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