Introspective
[ɪntrə'spektɪv] or ['ɪntrə'spɛktɪv]
Definition
(adj.) given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences .
Inputed by Annie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
(a.) Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational.
Typist: Miranda
Examples
- It is introspective, and I want to introspect. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A very different Holmes, this active, alert man, from the introspective and pallid dreamer of Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Miranda