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reflective

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re·flec·tive  (r-flktv)
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.
b. Capable of or producing reflection: a reflective surface.
2. Characterized by or given to meditation or contemplation; thoughtful. See Synonyms at pensive.

re·flective·ly adv.
re·flective·ness n.

reflective [rɪˈflɛktɪv]
adj
1. characterized by quiet thought or contemplation
2. capable of reflecting a reflective surface
3. produced by reflection
reflectively  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.reflective - 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";
thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
2.reflective - capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface"
nonreflecting, nonreflective - not capable of physical reflection
3.reflective - devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
intellectual - appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

reflective
adjective thoughtful, contemplative, meditative, pensive, reasoning, pondering, deliberative, ruminative, cogitating Mike is a quiet, reflective man.
Translations
reflective [rɪˈflektɪv] ADJ
1. [surface] → brillante, lustroso
2. (= meditative) → pensativo, reflexivo
3. to be reflective ofreflejar
reflective [rɪˈflɛktɪv] adj
(= contemplative) [person, mood] → méditatif/ive
to be reflective of sth (= reveal) → refléter qch
[surface, pool] → réfléchissant(e)
reflective
adj
faculty, powersder Reflexion; personnachdenklich; expressionnachdenklich, grübelnd; to be in a reflective moodin einer nachdenklichen Stimmung sein
(Phys etc) surfacereflektierend, spiegelnd; lightreflektiert; clothingreflektierend
(Gram) = reflexive
to be reflective of something (form, = in tune with) → sich in Übereinstimmung mit etw befinden
reflective [riˌflektɪv] adj
a. (pensive) → pensoso/a
b. (indicative) to be reflective of (frm) → riflettere
c. (light, surface) → riflettente
d. (jacket, belt) → lucido/a

reflective [riˌflektɪv] adj
a. (pensive) → pensoso/a
b. (indicative) to be reflective of (frm) → riflettere
c. (light, surface) → riflettente
d. (jacket, belt) → lucido/a


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A man with a reflective turn of mind, walking through an exhibition of this sort, will not be oppressed, I take it, by his own or other people's hilarity.
He had his mother's candid brow and fine, reflective eyes.
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