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Ruminative

adjective

Deeply or seriously thoughtful. Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective.

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"Ruminative" Quotes from Famous Books

... and slowly blinked his little red eyes. "I've had one or two of those young painter fellows after me lately," he said in ruminative tone, as he picked at the green baize of his desk-top. He spoke with a slight querulousness, as if these wily and hardy adventurers had wilfully hit upon him as the weak spot in the defences, as the vulnerable point of the Grindstone. In particular he saw ...

— Under the Skylights • Henry Blake Fuller

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... supper, lots of supper. Billy arises first, filling his pipe. He hangs water over the fire for the dish-washing. You and Dick sit hunched on a log, blissfully happy in the moments of digestion, ruminative, watching the blaze. The tobacco smoke eddies and sucks upward to join the wood smoke. Billy moves here and there in the fulfilment of his simple tasks, casting his shadow wavering and gigantic against the fire-lit trees. By-and-by he has finished. He gathers ...

— The Forest • Stewart Edward White

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... used to haunt Hugh as he rode through the Singleton lanes; he used to puzzle over them in an odd ruminative fashion. ...

— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey

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... a pity you don't like me," said Hal, with ruminative frankness. "I think I could use some ...

— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams

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Words linked to "Ruminative" : meditative, ruminate, thoughtful