RUMINATIVE


Meaning of RUMINATIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ru:mɪnətɪv, AM -neɪt- ]

If you are ruminative , you are thinking very deeply and carefully about something. ( FORMAL )

He was uncharacteristically depressed and ruminative.

ADJ

• ru‧mi‧na‧tive‧ly

He smiles and swirls the ice ruminatively around his almost empty glass.

ADV : ADV with v

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