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Musing

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Noun

1. contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness

a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

Adjective

2. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

deeply or seriously thoughtful

Example Sentences:
'Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Musing

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noun
1. 
reflection
Carrie interrupted his musing.
He was startled out of his angry musings.
adjective literary
2. 
tending to muse; contemplative
His long, shapely, musing sentences spread themselves over page after page.
3. 
dreamy
in a soft, musing voice

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Musing

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adjective
1. 
that muses; meditative
noun
2. 
meditation; reflection

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Musing

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adj.
Deep in thought; contemplative.
n.
1. Contemplation; meditation.
2. A product of contemplation; a thought: "an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections" (James Atlas).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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