Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reflective"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]flectif. Cf. {Reflexive}.]
1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing
her charms. --Prior.

2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective
reason. --Prior.

His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
--Motley.

3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a
reflective person.

4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv.
-- {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. ``Reflectiveness of manner.''
--J. C. Shairp.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reflective
adj 1: persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: {brooding}, {broody},
{contemplative}, {meditative}, {musing}, {pensive}, {pondering},
{ruminative}]
2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a
reflective surface" [ant: {nonreflective}]
3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"

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