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Reflective

Reflective Meaning & Definition
Reflective Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reflective?

[adj] devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
[adj] capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface"
[adj] persistently or morbidly thoughtful

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reflective: brooding | broody | contemplative | intellectual | meditative | mirrorlike | musing | pensive | pondering | reflecting | ruminative | specular | thoughtful

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Reflective In Webster's Dictionary

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

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