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comparative more pensive, superlative most pensive
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. examples
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness. quotations examples
Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce
1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 4
Through the deep grass the faces of the three children glowed like pensive moons.
1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 21