pensive.
Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).
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