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English Dictionary: reflective	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reflective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reflective adj deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; Synonym(s): brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface" Antonym(s): nonreflecting, nonreflective devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reflective \Reflect"ive\ (r?fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]flectif. Cf. {Reflexive}.] 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. --Prior. 2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. --Prior. His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. --Motley. 3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person. 4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- {Reflect"ively}, adv. -- {Reflect"iveness}, n. [bd]Reflectiveness of manner.[b8] --J. C. Shairp.