Meaning of musefully | Babel Free

Definitions

In a museful manner, musingly, pensively.

Examples

“Diana’s face⟳ was clearly before him through the deluge; now in single features, the dimple running from her mouth, the dark bright eyes and cut⟳ of eyelids, and nostrils alive under their lightning; now in her whole radiant smile⟳, or musefully listening, nursing a thought.”

“He spoke more musefully, in a slightly higher-pitched voice, and appeared to be in no hurry⟳ to reach⟳ those definite conclusions at which his cousin arrived—somewhat long-windedly but always with the end⟳ well in view⟳.”

“Phil, with his musefully mordant views of life, views he invariably expressed with not-a-consonant-wasted economy, could always make⟳ me laugh⟳, even during moments that by all rights should make⟳ us shudder.”

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