adjective
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
- usage: "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";
- synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative
- Capable of physically reflecting light or sound.
- usage: "a reflective surface"
- Devoted to matters of the mind.
- usage: "the reflective type"
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