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单词 meditative
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(medɪtətɪv, US -teɪt-)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Meditative describes things that are related to the act of meditating or the act of thinking very deeply about something.
Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.
Yogis trained in Eastern meditative techniques can change their heart rate.
...moments of meditative silence.
Synonyms: reflective, thoughtful, contemplative, studious More Synonyms of meditative
meditatively adverb [ADVERB after verb]
Martin rubbed his chin meditatively.

meditative in American English

(ˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪv)
adjective
1. 
meditating or inclined to meditate
2. 
indicating meditation
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈpensive
Derived forms
meditatively (ˈmediˌtatively)
adverb
Word origin
LL meditativus

Examples of 'meditative' in a sentence
meditative

There is something deeply meditative about simply putting one foot in front of the other.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
For me, clipping topiary becomes almost meditative once you lose yourself in the task.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were looking for music that would transport the listener to another era; something meditative and healing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is something meditative and naturalistic about it, not least the depictions of the sea and nature and the slow humdrum ordinariness of small-town life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
(adjective) 
Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.
Synonyms
reflective
Marek is a quiet, reflective man.
thoughtful
He was looking very thoughtful.
contemplative
He is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap.
studious
I was a very quiet, studious little girl.
pensive
She looked suddenly sombre and pensive.
deliberative
ruminative
cogitative

Additional synonyms

in the sense of contemplative
Definition
of or given to contemplation
He is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap.
Synonyms
thoughtful,
reflective,
introspective,
rapt,
meditative,
pensive,
ruminative,
in a brown study,
intent,
musing,
deep or lost in thought
in the sense of pensive
Definition
deeply thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness
She looked suddenly sombre and pensive.
Synonyms
thoughtful,
serious,
sad,
blue (informal),
grave,
sober,
musing,
preoccupied,
melancholy,
solemn,
reflective,
dreamy,
wistful,
mournful,
contemplative,
meditative,
sorrowful,
ruminative,
in a brown study (informal),
cogitative
in the sense of studious
Definition
serious, thoughtful, and hard-working
I was a very quiet, studious little girl.
Synonyms
scholarly,
academic,
intellectual,
serious,
earnest,
hard-working,
thoughtful,
reflective,
diligent,
meditative,
bookish,
assiduous,
swotty (British, informal),
sedulous

Nearby words of
meditative

  • meditate
  • meditate on something
  • meditation
  • meditative
  • medium
  • medley
  • meek

Synonyms of 'meditative'

meditative

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of thoughtful
Definition
quiet, serious, and deep in thought
He was looking very thoughtful.
Synonyms
reflective,
pensive,
contemplative,
meditative,
thinking,
serious,
musing,
wistful,
introspective,
rapt,
studious,
lost in thought,
deliberative,
ruminative,
in a brown study
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