Both Uses of
pensive
in
Wuthering Heights
- Mrs. Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression.†
Chpt 8 *
- That capacity for intense attachments reminded me of her mother: still she did not resemble her: for she could be soft and mild as a dove, and she had a gentle voice and pensive expression: her anger was never furious; her love never fierce: it was deep and tender.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(pensive) appearing deep in thought -- typically looking sad or serious