Definition of "meditative" []

• Characterized by or prone to meditation. See Synonyms at pensive. (adjective)

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• "St. Vincent and Borg were accommodating them, the latter for the most part in meditative monosyllables."
• "The daguerreotype had better be taken with reference to the engraving to accompany the memoir - the hair combed or brushed from the brow, so as to show a high forehead - the expression meditative - a book in the hand, &c."
• "Experiments have indicated that the region of the brain associated with emotions such as compassion shows considerably higher activity in those with long-term meditative experience."