Difference between thoughtful and pensiveness
Definitions
adjective
- considerate of the feelings or well-being of others
- acting with or showing thought and good sense
- taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
- exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
- having intellectual depth
Examples
Ivaric raced down to the stables, shouted at a groom to saddle his grey horse Maila, and smiled as he saw his father sitting in a shady arbour at one end of the courtyard, looking thoughtful.
That proviso is a thoughtful message for young moviegoers.
She speaks earnestly, thoughtfully and funnily about how we are all ‘differently abled ‘in one way or another.’
Definitions
noun
- persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- deep serious thoughtfulness
Examples
I'd suspect that while most people would enjoy a really incredible pre-rendered cine, they'd be less keen on a 2 minute clip of a camera spinning around a talking head, and there again I'd point to the expensiveness of art.
Mary was used to the expensiveness of Mrs. O'Callahan, but here was a new kind of expensiveness, subtle and compelling, strangely unconscious.
There are definitely moments when you hate it (noise, pollution, the busy-ness, the expensiveness of everything, and other stressors), but when you leave New York, you can't wait to get back.
