Definition of Contemplative

Contemplative

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties.

A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.

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Contemplative Quotations

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
Nicolas Chamfort

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
Johannes Tauler

This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
Ed Helms

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like.
Derek Jacobi

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.
Anne Heche

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?
Michael Arad

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.
Richard Courant

Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine.
Barbara Kolb

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Contemplative Translations

contemplative in German is nachdenklich, beschaulich
contemplative in Spanish is contemplativo

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