Contemplative
[kən'templətɪv] or [kən'tɛmplətɪv]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
(a.) Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties.
(n.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.
Checker: Vernon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Thoughtful, studious, given to contemplation.
Checked by Irving
Examples
- Mr. Weller was in a very abstracted and contemplative mood. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When you come home you sit down in a sober, contemplative, not uncharitable frame of mind, and apply yourself to your books or your business. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was dull, certainly; not to say dreary; but a contemplative man can always employ himself in meditation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If he looks out through the glass, the boldest boy (Steerforth excepted) stops in the middle of a shout or yell, and becomes contemplative. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But this contemplative attitude is aesthetic, not intellectual. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As her father's boat grounded, they became contemplative of the mud, and dispersed themselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Submissive and contemplative yourself, you like the stern and the practical. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sylvie watched the mood contemplative; its stillness irked her; she whined and jumped to break it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Like all essentially contemplative men, the world has to be reflected in the medium of his intellect before he can grapple with it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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