museful
[ myooz-fuh l ]
/ ˈmyuz fəl /
adjective Archaic.
deeply thoughtful; pensive.
RELATED WORDS
melancholy, wise, pensive, analytical, cerebral, reasonable, earnest, studious, rational, reflective, sober, serious, attentive, absorbed, brainy, calculating, deep, discerning, engrossed, farsighted
Nearby words
- musculotropic,
- musculotubal canal,
- musculus,
- musd,
- muse,
- musefully,
- museological,
- museology,
- muses,
- musette
Origin of museful
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for museful
Her delicious chatter, and her museful sparkle in listening, equally quickened every sense of life.
Diana of the Crossways, Complete|George MeredithFrom the museful distance the giant removed his gaze and upon the boy at his side he bent a kindly look.
An Arkansas Planter|Opie Percival ReadHow, to a museful spirit, the heart and soul of man is reflected in the shows of nature!
He was silent, museful, and inattentive to my situation, yet made no motion to depart.
Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown