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Definition of meditative in English: meditativeadjective ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪvˈmɛdɪˌtətɪvˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪv Relating to or absorbed in meditation or considered thought. Example sentencesExamples - And when you play those pieces do you still get yourself into a meditative state?
- His meditative works add a lyrical note to the rich heritage of American landscape painting.
- The meditative experience of a yogi is free of giving in to ordinary thought.
- A form of gentle, almost meditative exercise such as Pilates may seem far removed from the macho world of football.
- The image is used particularly to refer to certain meditative techniques of self-reflection.
- This is an album full of contemplative and meditative pleasures.
- The lights were dim and incense was burning setting a somber and meditative atmosphere.
- The centre of the Labyrinth is a space of meditative prayer and peace.
- His meditative films reflected an unease with the modern world and a feeling of malaise in western society.
- The repetitive motion of your legs and arms helps you enter a meditative state.
- He wanted visitors to be able to visit the site in a quiet, meditative space.
- So I must confront again the need to pause for at least some of the day in a meditative manner.
- Some got into a meditative mood, lost in the music with their eyes closed.
- The Heights of Macchu Picchu, a long, meditative poem, unites the ancient past to the possible future.
- I liked the meditative nature of it, though, as well as all the western overtones; it was brilliant.
- All the songs are meditative and laced with humour and sadness.
- She silently slipped into a meditative trance and heard the music of her mind.
- Are there any meditative techniques which increase or intensify these experiences?
- It's a collection of simple meditative talks or essays starting from spring and ending in winter.
- She went into a meditative trance, and was like that for at least half an hour before she came out of it.
Synonyms contemplative, prayerful, reflective, musing, pensive, cogitative, thinking, thoughtful, studious, rapt, introspective, brooding, philosophical, ruminative, deliberative, ruminant, speculative, wistful rare lucubratory
Derivatives adverb ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪvliˈmɛdɪˌtətɪvliˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪvli I exhaled and leaned my head back meditatively. Example sentencesExamples - The doctor spread his fingers meditatively on the desk.
- Should you sit down meditatively and try to introspect your own thoughts?
- Michael looked at her meditatively, and then he chuckled.
- He paused again, meditatively, and his voice was thoughtful when he continued.
noun ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪvnəsˈmɛdɪˌtətɪvnəsˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪvnəs Swords are not needed, bombs are not needed; what is needed is more alertness, more meditativeness, more love, more prayerfulness, more gratitude. Example sentencesExamples - The best pieces are the ones with the least instrumentation - they reward the careful listener with flashes of warmth and meditativeness in the midst of the chilly haze.
- Already from the very beginning his poetry has been marked by a kind of Oriental peace and meditativeness.
- So learn to be more meditative, and let your creativity be secondary to your meditativeness.
- Of course, you need a quiet place, and time to observe and to attain a state of meditativeness and contemplativeness.
Origin Early 17th century: from meditate + -ive, reinforced by French méditatif, -ive. Definition of meditative in US English: meditativeadjectiveˈmedəˌtādivˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪv Of, involving, or absorbed in meditation or considered thought. Example sentencesExamples - The lights were dim and incense was burning setting a somber and meditative atmosphere.
- His meditative works add a lyrical note to the rich heritage of American landscape painting.
- And when you play those pieces do you still get yourself into a meditative state?
- This is an album full of contemplative and meditative pleasures.
- A form of gentle, almost meditative exercise such as Pilates may seem far removed from the macho world of football.
- The centre of the Labyrinth is a space of meditative prayer and peace.
- All the songs are meditative and laced with humour and sadness.
- She silently slipped into a meditative trance and heard the music of her mind.
- The meditative experience of a yogi is free of giving in to ordinary thought.
- The image is used particularly to refer to certain meditative techniques of self-reflection.
- So I must confront again the need to pause for at least some of the day in a meditative manner.
- Are there any meditative techniques which increase or intensify these experiences?
- Some got into a meditative mood, lost in the music with their eyes closed.
- She went into a meditative trance, and was like that for at least half an hour before she came out of it.
- His meditative films reflected an unease with the modern world and a feeling of malaise in western society.
- The repetitive motion of your legs and arms helps you enter a meditative state.
- The Heights of Macchu Picchu, a long, meditative poem, unites the ancient past to the possible future.
- He wanted visitors to be able to visit the site in a quiet, meditative space.
- I liked the meditative nature of it, though, as well as all the western overtones; it was brilliant.
- It's a collection of simple meditative talks or essays starting from spring and ending in winter.
Synonyms contemplative, prayerful, reflective, musing, pensive, cogitative, thinking, thoughtful, studious, rapt, introspective, brooding, philosophical, ruminative, deliberative, ruminant, speculative, wistful
Origin Early 17th century: from meditate + -ive, reinforced by French méditatif, -ive. |