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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope.

Having forethought. [R.]

Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt.

Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice. Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church. Newman.

Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [Archaic] I love to be considerative. B. Jonson.

The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.

ther; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance. Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Shenstone.

id of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest Melancholy !" Milton.

Meditative; thoughtfully silent. "Museful mopings." Dryden. -- Muse"ful*ly, adv.

Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing. The pensive secrecy of desert cell. Milton. Anxious cares the pensive nymph oppressed. Pope.

The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness. Hooker.

To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, An…

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay.

Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation. Just men they seemed, and all their study bent To worship God aright, and know his works. Milton.