Usually means: Given to deep, thoughtful consideration.
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  1. contemplative: Merriam-Webster
  2. contemplative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contemplative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contemplative: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contemplative: Vocabulary.com
  6. Contemplative, contemplative: Wordnik
  7. contemplative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contemplative: Wiktionary
  9. contemplative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. contemplative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. contemplative: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Contemplative, contemplative: Dictionary.com
  13. Contemplative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Contemplative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. contemplative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. contemplative: Rhymezone
  17. Contemplative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. contemplative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. contemplative: FreeDictionary.org
  20. contemplative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. contemplative: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. contemplative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. contemplative: Legal dictionary

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  1. contemplative: Encyclopedia

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  1. contemplative: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
adjective:  Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
adjective:  Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.
adjective:  (medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as one's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
noun:  Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.

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