| melancholy(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| mulling things over |
| museful(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| musing(adjective, thoughtful, absorbed, rapt, pensive) |
| musingly |
| occupied(adjective, engrossed, ensorcelled) |
| pensive(adjective, thoughtful, absorbed, dreamy, faraway) |
| philosophic(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| pondering(adjective, thoughtful, absorbed, pensive, reflective) |
| preoccupies |
| rational(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| reasonable(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| reasoning(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| reflecting(adjective, thoughtful, absorbed, pensive, reflective) |
| reflective(adjective, thoughtful, absorbed, pensive, brooding) |
| retrospective(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| riveted(adjective, absorbed, occupied, engaged, captivated) |
| ruminative(adjective, thoughtful, absorbed, pensive, reflective) |
| serious(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |
| sober(adjective, pensive, reflective, brooding, meditative) |