musing

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noun

mus·​ing ˈmyü-ziŋ How to pronounce musing (audio)
: meditation
My musing and writings on this issue do not come from the groves of academe.Herbert S. White

musing

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adjective

: thoughtfully abstracted : meditative
musingly adverb

Examples of musing in a Sentence

Adjective he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then
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Noun
Its musings on the spiritual — or even on the innocent, the naïve, the youthful — begin and end in the realm of documentarian literalism. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025 The musing reportedly stunned those in attendance at New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church on Monday night. Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Feb. 2025 At once an underground favorite and a best-seller, Robbins’ comic novels — with their fantastical stories and far-out musings — were distinctly of the counterculture and soon became part of its fabric. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025 Wiseman himself spent five years overseeing the process and went into detail about the experience in a recent phone interview with IndieWire, while also offering a few musings on his work, as well as the state of the world. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for musing

Word History

Etymology

Noun

see muse entry 1

Adjective

see muse entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of musing was in the 14th century

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“Musing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musing. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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