musing Definition

muse
verb mused, musing

intr
1. To reflect or ponder silently.

Thesaurus: ponder, contemplate, reflect, ruminate, meditate, brood, consider, weigh, speculate.
Form: muse on something (often)
2. To say something in a reflective way.
intr
3. To gaze contemplatively.

Derivative: musing

literary
Thoughts.

The act of musing.
Thesaurus: thought, reflection, deliberation, absorption, introspection, dreaming, contemplation, cogitation.

adj

Thoughtful; reflective.

Derivative: musingly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from French muser to loiter or waste time.

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