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Webster 1913 Edition

Pensively

Pen′sive-ly

,

adv.

In a pensive manner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pensively

PEN'SIVELY

,

adv.

With thoughtfulness; with gloomy seriousness or some degree of melancholy.

Definition 2025

pensively

pensively

English

Adverb

pensively ‎(comparative more pensively, superlative most pensively)

In a thoughtful or reflective manner.

Synonyms

thoughtfully, wistfully

Related terms

Translations

in a thoughtful or reflective manner

Russian: заду́мчиво (ru) ‎(zadúmčivo)
Serbo-Croatian: zàmišljeno (sh)

Spanish: pensativamente (es)