Pensively is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pensively meaning
In a thoughtful or reflective manner.
Using Pensively
- The main meaning on this page is: In a thoughtful or reflective manner.
Context around Pensively
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pensively
- In this selection, "pensively" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stared, waited and looking stand out and add context to how "pensively" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include there waited pensively looking resigned and yadav stared pensively at his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pensively" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pensively
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A distraught Yadav stared pensively at his bat. (8 words)
The dozens of asylum seekers already there waited pensively, looking resigned as they sat on benches, betraying no sign of the import of what the French deputy chief of the mission had to offer. (34 words)
The dozens of asylum seekers already there waited pensively, looking resigned as they sat on benches, betraying no sign of the import of what the French deputy chief of the mission had to offer. (34 words)
A distraught Yadav stared pensively at his bat. (8 words)
Example sentences (2)
A distraught Yadav stared pensively at his bat.
The dozens of asylum seekers already there waited pensively, looking resigned as they sat on benches, betraying no sign of the import of what the French deputy chief of the mission had to offer.