musing

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noun

mus·​ing ˈmyü-ziŋ How to pronounce musing (audio)
: meditation
My musings 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
On Substack, she is beloved for her video musings on topics as diverse as Jimi Hendrix, Nikolai Gogol, and her cat. Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025 The setting of a raucous party allows DaCosta to thread strikingly modern musings on the intersections of race, queerness, and class into Ibsen’s classic without weighing it down. Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025 Among a flurry of nationalistic musings was an obscure academic named George Grant who scored a surprise bestseller in 1965’s Lament for a Nation. Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 Screenwriter-director Kevin Smith’s low-key musings and loopy wisdom are nicely wrapped with an unaffected sweetness. Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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