40 adverbs to describe how to speculate

" I ladled out a portion of salmon, and we fell into pleasant conversation, chatting of this servants' ball at the Stretchley-Budds and speculating idly, I recall, as to what Seppings, the butler, would look like, doing the rumba.

The truth is, men have speculated so wildly, they have no money to devote to historical or literary plans.

I strolled on by her side, speculating a little anxiously on the coming introduction.

He began even to speculate desperately on the good priest's chances of tumbling into an air-hole, or being devoured by a timely wolf.

I know the sacredness of married life too well to speculate irreverently on its affairs.

We found refuge in the Charing Cross Hotel, where we speculated merrily on the eccentricities of religious charity.

I suppose," she speculated philosophically, "I suppose any great jolt that shakes you up a lot, shakes things into different proportions.

But as I retraced my steps along the shady path I speculated profoundly on the officer's proceedings.

All through the dinner hour at the Tom Forsythes he had thought about her, had speculated vaguely what mischance or effrontery had been responsible for her ill-timed visit to Flint's.

He, too, in a dim fashion indeed, and under conditions of culture less favourable, had speculated and experimented in a similar manner upon the literary art over which as yet he had acquiredhow crushingly this exquisite book taught himsuch pathetically uncertain mastery.

I remember speculating curiously upon the probability of Noah's having ever been seasick; wondering how the sea-going qualities of the Ark would compare with those of our brig, and whether she had our brig's uncomfortable way of pitching about in a heavy swell.

I doubt, however, if even the most ardent and optimistic of capitalists would care to speculate deeply upon the stability of any government capital might organize, which rested on the fundamental principle that the American people must be ruled by an army.

He was wearing a mask, and she had no clue to his thoughts; but she scarcely speculated about him.

Rigorously she forbore to speculate upon the attraction which had drawn John and Paula togetherupon what had happened between themupon how the thing had looked and felt to either of them.

From the Penniman pew he could glance across to a side pew and observe a line of repeated Whipple noses, upon which for some moments he was enabled to speculate forgetfully.

It was only after Micawber had found that Uriah Heep had forged Mr. Wickfield's name to various documents, and had fraudulently speculated with moneys entrusted by my aunt, amongst others, to his partner, that he turned upon him and denounced him, and accomplished what he called "the final pulverisation of Keep.

He appears to have speculated rather heavily and considerably beyond his means, for when a sudden spasm of the market upset his calculations, it turned out that he had been employing his clients' capital and securities.

Gideon speculated aloud.

It was, however, a general rule of Roman economy that one should rather take small shares in many speculations than speculate independently; Cato advised the capitalist not to fit out a single ship with his money, but in concert with forty-nine other capitalists to send out fifty ships and to take an interest in each to the extent of a fiftieth part.

We never speculate individually, at least that is a condition of our agreement.

Chase found himself secretly speculating on the state of affairs.

" The young man still took a deep interest in affairs political, and speculated rather keenly on the outcome of the tremendous happenings on the Continent.

The plain folks around Millville might speculate listlessly upon the "queer doin's" at the farm, and never get anywhere near the truth.

And as he considered knowledge to be identical with virtue, he speculated on ethical questions mainly, and the method which he taught was that by which alone man could become better and wiser.

This Gopál dealt in jute; and being a man of great daring, he speculated so successfully with Shám Babu's money that, within three or four years, he amassed a fortune of two lakhs (£13,333).

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