PENSIVE
ADJECTIVES
► MEDITABUND pensive, thoughtful; absorbed in meditation → 1681 obs.
► MUSEFUL pensive, thoughtful; absorbed in thought → 1618
► PENSATIVE pensive, full of thought → 1574 obs.
► PENSIFUL pensive, thoughtful, meditative → 1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PENSY pensive, quiet, thoughtful → 1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
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