Definition of "pensively" [pen•sive•ly]

• In a thoughtful or reflective manner. (adverb)

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• "But I always did say 'while there is life there is hope,'"she would recall pensively," and the doctors all said the only hope _for_ his life was in constant travel, and so we were always, as you might say, seeking"
• ""I suppose he does," pensively, "but I shall be terribly jealous of your old men with the pneumonia, and your girls with appendicitis."
• "Shutting herself away in her huge, plush inner sanctum, Keshari sat at her desk and stared pensively out her thirtieth-story window at the expanse of Century City and the surrounding West Los Angeles area."