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introspectiveness

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in·tro·spect  (ntr-spkt, ntr-spkt)
intr.v. in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects
To engage in introspection.

[Latin intrspicere, intrspect-, to look into : intr-, within; see en in Indo-European roots + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

intro·spective adj.
intro·spective·ly adv.
intro·spective·ness n.
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Noun1.introspectiveness - thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings
thoughtfulness - the trait of thinking carefully before acting

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Bostridge, who's being hailed as England's purest interpreter of song cycles since Peter Pears, favors simplicity over rhetoric, imparting a sparkling robustness to pastoral reveries like Vaughan Williams' ``Linden Lea,'' a lyrical introspectiveness to ``Come Away Death'' (from Shakespeare's ``Twelfth Night'') and a wistful tenderness to Stanford's arrangement of ``My love's an Arbutus,'' giving this old Irish air the shapely beauty of the finest Renaissance sonnet.
Though some of Blessing's formulations - about the mysteries of childbearing, or the love-hate nature of daughterly devotion - smack of cliche, his dialogue brims with unassuming wit and a lyrical introspectiveness, enhanced here by Bruno Louchoarn's ambient score.
 
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