PENSIVE
\pˈɛnsɪv], \pˈɛnsɪv], \p_ˈɛ_n_s_ɪ_v]\
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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
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Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers.
By Oddity Software
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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
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Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers.
By Noah Webster.
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Pensiveness.
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Thoughtful: reflecting: expressing thoughtfulness with sadness.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Thoughtful; meditating with sadness.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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