If you are ~, you are thinking very deeply and carefully about something. (FORMAL)
He was uncharacteristically depressed and ~.
ADJ
~ly
He smiles and swirls the ice ~ly around his almost empty glass.
ADV: ADV with v
If you are ~, you are thinking very deeply and carefully about something. (FORMAL)
He was uncharacteristically depressed and ~.
ADJ
~ly
He smiles and swirls the ice ~ly around his almost empty glass.
ADV: ADV with v
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012