contemplative
given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
a person devoted to contemplation, as a monk.
Origin of contemplative
1Other words for contemplative
Other words from contemplative
- con·tem·pla·tive·ly, adverb
- con·tem·pla·tive·ness, noun
- non·con·tem·pla·tive, adjective
- non·con·tem·pla·tive·ly, adverb
- non·con·tem·pla·tive·ness, noun
- un·con·tem·pla·tive, adjective
- un·con·tem·pla·tive·ly, adverb
- un·con·tem·pla·tive·ness, noun
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How to use contemplative in a sentence
This year’s Broccoli City headliner is Lil Baby, the deft Georgia rapper who does his finest work in intimate chirps and contemplative squeaks.
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Netflix's Pensive Stowaway Tangles with Issues of Morality, and Selfhood, in Space | Stephanie Zacharek | April 22, 2021 | TimeThe reader gets to know this contemplative narrator through a series of vignettes that showcase her witty observational skills and Lahiri’s piercing prose.
One exterior path will mimic a mountain climb, while the other will provide access to more contemplative outdoor spaces, for reading, chilling or checking email.
The Helix is a distraction. Amazon’s new headquarters will change more than just its Arlington neighborhood. | Philip Kennicott | February 18, 2021 | Washington Post
But it was that period in her life, when her career was just taking shape, that produces her most contemplative answers.
Diane von Furstenberg: How I Learned to Love My Wrap Dress | Lizzie Crocker | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI found their melancholy inviting and I appreciated their contemplative, lonely world.
Though the scene is spare, the effect is powerful: bright, solemn, contemplative.
Photographer Raymond Depardon Captures the ‘Sweet Moments’ | Sarah Moroz | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTScott's film is less contemplative and more grounded than McCarthy's script, with most of the philosophical digressions excised.
The Best Scenes From Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Counselor’ Screenplay | Thomas Flynn | October 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut which I think has been slightly overstated – there's a contemplative upside to living in and among minimal sculptural forms.
Thereafter he went into a contemplative frame of mind to the docks, and found Sam Blake as usual in his bunk.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneAn upright, phlegmatic man who finally led the contemplative life of one of the ancient hermits.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheIt was Tanqueray who kept on looking at him with clear, contemplative eyes under brows no longer irritable.
The Creators | May SinclairHe was merely a friend of her aunt's, and from that contemplative position he never stepped down.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanThe fish will regard with contemplative indifference every other lure but a close imitation of that particular insect.
British Dictionary definitions for contemplative
/ (ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪtɪv, -təm-, kənˈtɛmplə-) /
denoting, concerned with, or inclined to contemplation; meditative
a person dedicated to religious contemplation or to a way of life conducive to this
Derived forms of contemplative
- contemplatively, adverb
- contemplativeness, noun
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