ruminatingly

She drew one of Jim's stockings over her hand and eyed ruminatingly the prodigious hole in the heel.

The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger

Nothing is so satisfying as to lean ruminatingly against a fence and observe the slow, rhythmic swing of the digger's back or hear the repeated scraping of the shovel-edge against some buried rock.

Love Conquers All Robert Benchley 1917

'Well,' began Lawford ruminatingly, 'there was something curious even then, perhaps.

The Return Walter De la Mare 1914

'I thought,' he went on ruminatingly, 'I thought on Tuesday, yes, on

The Return Walter De la Mare 1914

And yet, you know, 'he added ruminatingly,' it is not as if mine was ever a particularly lovely or lovable face!

The Return Walter De la Mare 1914

"Well, she might do worse," said Bunting ruminatingly.

The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

"There was just one moment," he murmured ruminatingly, --

The Mischief Maker 1906

He caressed his chin ruminatingly and rolled his lips until they settled into a fine resultant of wisdom, patience, toleration and firmness.

A Knight of the Cumberland 1906

"It 's a funny thing about this place," said Patty, ruminatingly, "that, though we have a different preacher every Sunday, we always have the same sermon."

When Patty Went to College 1903

"Ha! Going to London --" He rolled it ruminatingly on his tongue.

The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904