From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reflective
adj 1: 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";
[syn: brooding, broody, contemplative,
meditative, musing, pensive, pondering,
reflective, ruminative]
2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
reflective surface" [ant: nonreflecting, nonreflective]
3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]
1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
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In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing
her charms. --Prior.
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2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective
reason. --Prior.
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His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
--Motley.
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3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a
reflective person.
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4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
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Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J.
C. Shairp.
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