pensive
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Learner's definition of PENSIVE
[more pensive; most pensive]
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quietly sad or thoughtful
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The child sat by himself, looking pensive.
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a pensive young poet
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a pensive mood/expression/sigh
— pensively
adverb-
She stared pensively out the window.
— pensiveness
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