the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
With contemplation; attentively; thoughtfully; with close attention.
Word Usage
""Then White Violet -- your sister Cynthia, you know," continued Mr. Hamlin, in easy parenthesis -- "wrote for this?" holding the coin contemplatively in his fingers, "and you calculated to nab it yourself?""