ponderatiously

Suggested

adverb suggested

pon·der·A·tious·ly

As first written
ponderingciously
The original, by Suggested. The headword above is where it settled — the intention was here first.

Performing thought without conducting any — the held pause, the stroked chin, the hmm that precedes no consideration.

He received the objection ponderatiously and answered it unchanged.

Etymologyponder + -atious.

NoteThe weakest entry here, and one of mine. Built to replace ponderingciously, on a suffix described as freely productive when it is not — -atious is licensed by an -ation noun beneath it (ostentation, flirtation, vexation, disputation) and ponderation is archaic. It reached a sense ponderingly already covered. Three faults, all mine, on a word substituted for someone else's. Kept as a record of the reasoning, not as a recommendation.

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