reflective

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reflective - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
     r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]
     1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
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              In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing
              her charms.                           --Prior.
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     2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective
        reason. --Prior.
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              His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
              acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
                                                    --Motley.
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     3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a
        reflective person.
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     4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
        [1913 Webster] -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. --
        Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J.
        C. Shairp.
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reflective - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reflective
      adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only
             in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic
             hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
             [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative,
             meditative, musing, pensive, pondering,
             reflective, ruminative]
      2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
         reflective surface" [ant: nonreflecting, nonreflective]
      3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"

reflective - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "reflective":
     careful, circumspect, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating,
     concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, considerate,
     contemplating, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative, discreet,
     discriminating, discriminative, enlightened, excogitating,
     ideative, introspective, judgmatic, judicial, judicious,
     meditating, meditative, mental, museful, musing, noetic, pensive,
     politic, pondering, prehensive, provident, prudent, prudential,
     reflecting, ruminant, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober,
     speculative, thinking, thought, thoughtful, well-advised,
     well-judged, wistful