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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), adjective [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}, adverb -- {Re*flect"ive*ness}, noun ''Reflectiveness of manner.'' --J. C. Shairp.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reflective
adjective
1: persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: {brooding}, {broody}, {contemplative}, {meditative}, {musing}, {pensive}, {pondering}, {ruminative}]
2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface" [ant: {nonreflective}]
3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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