reflectively

adv

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.”

   “Blake picked his teeth reflectively with the point of a clasp knife.”

2. By means of reflection.

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