mietiskelemällä

Mietiskelemällä is a Finnish gerund form of the verb mietiskellä, which means to brood, ponder, or deliberate. It functions as an adverbial or instrumental form that expresses doing something by thinking or reflection, rather than by action alone.

Grammatically, mietiskelemällä is formed by adding the suffix -malla to the verb stem and is used to indicate the means or manner of an action. It often appears in formal, reflective, or descriptive prose to emphasize contemplation as part of a process or decision.

In usage, Mietiskelemällä can introduce how a result is reached or how a decision is approached. For example: Hän ratkaisi tehtävän mietiskelemällä. (He solved the task by pondering.) Mietiskelemällä ennen päätöksen tekemistä hän varmisti vaihtoehtonsa. (By pondering before making a decision, he checked his options.) The form is common in essays, philosophical writing, and discourse that foreground thoughtfulness or careful consideration.

Compared to other derivations from mietiskellä, Mietiskelemällä stresses the contemplative means rather than the act itself. It can carry a nuanced tone of restraint or deliberation, depending on context, and is most natural in Finnish when the writer wants to highlight thinking as a step toward action or judgment.

See also: mietiskellä, Finnish grammar, gerunds.