reflectively

English

Etymology tree

English reflect

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English reflective

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English reflectively

reflectively (comparative more reflectively, superlative most reflectively)

In a reflective manner; meditatively.
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine:
  "I should say yes," agreed George. "And talk about speed!" he added. "Wow! One ball he threw soaked me in the ear. I can feel it yet!" and he rubbed the side of his head reflectively.
- 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6:
  "Spuds - Jim - Jimmy?" he ran his fingers reflectively through his hair, and frowned. "Bowles," he added triumphantly.
- 1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 110:
  Blake picked his teeth reflectively with the point of a clasp knife.
(programming) By means of reflection.
- 2024, Egon Börger, Vincenzo Gervasi, Structures of Computing: A Guide to Practice-Oriented Theory, page 108:
  In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]