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contemplative adjective [ kənˈtɛmplətɪv ]

• expressing or involving prolonged thought.
• "she regarded me with a contemplative eye"
Similar: thoughtful, pensive, reflective, meditative, musing, ruminative, introspective, brooding, intent, rapt, preoccupied, studious, deep/lost in thought, dreamy, daydreaming, with one's head in the clouds, in a brown study,
Opposite: active,

contemplative noun

• a person whose life is devoted primarily to prayer, especially in a monastery or convent.


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