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contemplativeness|kənˈtɛmplətɪvnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being contemplative; meditativeness.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Contemplativeness, addictedness to contemplation. 1825Sir S. E. Brydges Recoll. For. Trav. I. 242 A grave and rich contemplativeness. 1856Masson Ess. Wordsw. 375 Contemplativeness..does not so much imply the power of attaining or producing thought, as the power of brooding sentimentally over thought already attained. a1853Robertson Lect. ii. 172 The contemplativeness of Hamlet, which lets the moment of action pass. |