musing
noun/mjuːzɪŋ/
Frequency rank: #18,557 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a period of quiet reflection or deep thought.
Example sentence
She sat by the window, lost in musing about her childhood.
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