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reflectively

rɪˈflektɪvlɪ3 senses · 150 ms
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adv
  1. 1

    In a reflective manner; meditatively.

    • "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.
    • "Spuds - Jim - Jimmy?" he ran his fingers reflectively through his hair, and frowned. "Bowles," he added triumphantly.
  2. 2

    By means of reflection.

    • In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]

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