meditative Definition
medi·ta·tive (med′ə tāt′iv)
adjective
- meditating or inclined to meditate
- indicating meditation
Etymology: LL meditativus
meditative Related Forms
med′i·ta′·tively adverb
meditative Synonyms
meditative
modif.
meditative Usage Examples
Preposition: in
tone: It is generally rather subdued and meditative in tone.
Modifies a noun
- absorption: The monk who envies the gains of others does not attain to meditative absorption.
- mood: You must judge whether using different music would distract them or enhance their meditative mood.
- state: The meditative state connects us to the true, real, us.
- prayer: They are used as an aid to meditative prayer, either private or communal.
- poem: It is used widely for narrative and meditative poems.
- technique: She also uses meditative techniques to evoke the deep energies which underpin her work, particularly her graphics.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: The process is almost meditative, requiring great concentration.
- very: The opening segment has a very space rock feel to it, full of swirling synth effects creating a very meditative mood.
Used with adjective complement
become: The reader came back to the same text and his/her reading became meditative.
Browse dictionary entries near meditative
- ‹ meditation
- ‹ meditate
- ‹ Medit
- ‹ mediocrity
- ‹ mediocre
- ‹ medio-
- ‹ medina
- ‹ medigap
- ‹ medievalist
- ‹ medievalism

