meditative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
    pensive; broody; ruminative; pondering; brooding; contemplative; musing; reflective.
    • Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man

WordNet

Med"i*ta*tive adjective
Etymology
L. meditativus: cf. F. méditatif.
Definitions
  1. Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ness, n.

Webster 1913