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contemplatively, adv.|kənˈtɛmplətɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. adj. + -ly2.]
1. In a contemplative manner, in contemplation.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. ii. (1495) 217 b/2 The abbot Lucius beynge within a grete pytte and depe; where he helde him selfe contemplatyuely. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvii. (1612) 180 And so contemplatiuely heere I with contentment stay. 1860W. Collins Wom. White i. 32 [He] nodded contemplatively at the boiled chicken, and said, ‘Yes, dear’.
†2. Theoretically, as opposed to practically. Obs.
1552Huloet, Contemplatyuelye, theorice. a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 34 And he loues himself..contemplatiuely, by knowing as he is known, and practically, by louing, as he is loued. 1656tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §516 Which perceiv contemplatively and practically. |