2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]flectif. Cf {Reflexive}.]
1. Throwing back images; as a reflective mirror.
In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing
her charms. --Prior.
2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as reflective
reason. --Prior.
His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
--Motley.
3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as a
reflective person.
4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv
-- {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. ``Reflectiveness of manner.''
--J. C. Shairp
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reflective
adj 1: persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: {brooding}, {broody},
{contemplative}, {meditative}, {musing}, {pensive}, {pondering},
{ruminative}]
2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
reflective surface" [ant: {nonreflective}]
3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
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