reflective

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One's rides certainly give Rome an inordinate scope for the reflective--by which I suppose I mean after all the aesthetic and the "esoteric"--life.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.
  2. adjective Capable of or producing reflection: a reflective surface.
  3. adjective Characterized by or given to meditation or contemplation; thoughtful. See Synonyms at pensive.

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  • The walls are made of absorptive surface, half absorptive, half reflective, which is not very good for concert sound. —  Liz Diller plays with architecture
  • We're just self-reflective, and we think about people and how they deal with one another.
  • Invitations for the event, which marks Hurwitz's completion of the same course of training and examination as male Orthodox rabbinical students, say it is a "conferral ceremony" at which Hurwitz will receive "a new title reflective of her religious and spiritual role."
  • James Attlee's scholarly, reflective, and sympathetic journey up the Cowley Road is one of the best travel books that has been written about Britain's oldest university city. —  The Chicago Blog
  • But the entire thing became too self-reflective, tied to the idea of —  Popular Posts Across MetaFilter
 

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  1. =F. réflectif; as reflect + -ive. Cf. reflexive.
 

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/rəˈflɛktɪv/
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