pensive
/ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/ adjective C2- Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. · He sat in pensive silence, weighing his options carefully.
- Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. · The author’s tone grows pensive in the final chapters.
- Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
From the library
Lynde laughed comfortably over her mild joke, but Anne remained pensive.
She rested there, pensive and still.
He remained motionless and pensive, his eyes fixed on the gloomy aperture that was open at his feet.
The count had felt the influence of this happiness from the moment he entered the house, and he remained silent and pensive, forgetting that he was expected to renew the conversation, which had ceased after the first salutations had been exchanged.
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