museful
[myooz-fuh l]
adjective Archaic.
deeply thoughtful; pensive.
Origin of museful
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Related Words for museful
melancholy, wise, pensive, analytical, cerebral, reasonable, earnest, studious, rational, reflective, sober, serious, attentive, absorbed, brainy, calculating, deep, discerning, engrossed, farsightedExamples from the Web for museful
Historical Examples of museful
How, to a museful spirit, the heart and soul of man is reflected in the shows of nature!
Her delicious chatter, and her museful sparkle in listening, equally quickened every sense of life.
Diana of the Crossways, CompleteGeorge Meredith
He was silent, museful, and inattentive to my situation, yet made no motion to depart.
Wieland; or The TransformationCharles Brockden Brown
From the museful distance the giant removed his gaze and upon the boy at his side he bent a kindly look.
An Arkansas PlanterOpie Percival Read