meditative
Americanadjective
Related Words
See pensive.
Other Word Forms
- meditatively adverb
- meditativeness noun
- nonmeditative adjective
- nonmeditatively adverb
- nonmeditativeness noun
- unmeditative adjective
- unmeditatively adverb
Etymology
Origin of meditative
From the Late Latin word meditātīvus, dating back to 1605–15. See meditate, -ive
Example Sentences
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“It’s a decompression room where people can dip out of the main anchor to have a quiet meditative moment and recaliberate. It’s going to be all-natural treatments with a mycelia ceiling.”
From Los Angeles Times
“No matter how mundane some action might appear,” he writes, “keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.”
I see it as a deeply intimate, devastating, life-affirming, life-depleting, psychotic, meditative, euphoric, addictive struggle of building something where before there was nothing.
From Los Angeles Times
Every day, Zhao had the cast take three deep breaths in a meditative ritual.
From Los Angeles Times
Soon, Barcelo turned her attention to meditative practices, which she infused into her work as a choreographer and dancer.
From Los Angeles Times
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