meditative
adjective
med·i·ta·tive
ˈme-də-ˌtā-tiv 
1
: marked by or conducive to meditation
2
: disposed or given to meditation
meditatively
adverb
meditativeness
noun
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Examples of meditative in a Sentence
I could see that she was in a meditative mood.
I've been in a meditative mood all day.
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Night Moves rejects the intoxication of apocalyptic imagery and the ease of pat conclusions for a more meditative posture.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
But these exquisite paintings and collages are meditative: Johnson eschews words and symbols for shapes that are soulful and calm.
—The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
The scene arrives after some 40 minutes of almost meditative woodland wandering broken up with occasional bursts of carnage, though the film has saved its most inventively, anatomically extreme mayhem for the centerpiece to come.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Another arthouse film, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, offers a more meditative counterpiece to Baz Luhrmann’s technicolored extravaganza Elvis, which neglected to address the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s abusive treatment of his then-wife, Priscilla Presley.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 16 May 2024
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
But these exquisite paintings and collages are meditative: Johnson eschews words and symbols for shapes that are soulful and calm.
—The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
The scene arrives after some 40 minutes of almost meditative woodland wandering broken up with occasional bursts of carnage, though the film has saved its most inventively, anatomically extreme mayhem for the centerpiece to come.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Another arthouse film, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, offers a more meditative counterpiece to Baz Luhrmann’s technicolored extravaganza Elvis, which neglected to address the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s abusive treatment of his then-wife, Priscilla Presley.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 16 May 2024
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“Meditative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meditative. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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meditative
adjective
med·i·ta·tive
ˈmed-ə-ˌtāt-iv
: having the habit of meditating
meditatively
adverb
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