Category:Reflective

Re*flect"ive (r*flkt"v), a. Etym: [cf. F. réflectif. 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.)

Defn: reflexive; reciprocal. -- re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- re*flect"ive*ness, n. "reflectiveness of manner." J. C. Shairp.