pensive
He sat pensively as if daydreaming.
The judge looked at me pensively for a moment.
She looked pensively out of the window.
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Examples of pensively
pensively
Thus, the former is clipped, with a break between quick and send, while the latter well is held
pensively.
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He sat gazing before him
pensively, and, in spite of everything, grateful and content.
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The song starts after a short introduction,
pensively, in a minor key, with the solo voice which is joined by a simple "ostinato" -like bass line.
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