The Only Use of
speculative
in
Moby Dick
- Can you catch the expression of the Sperm Whale's there? It is the same he died with, only some of the longer wrinkles in the forehead seem now faded away. I think his broad brow to be full of a prairie-like placidity, born of a speculative indifference as to death.†
Chpt 73-75
Definition:
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(speculative as in: a speculative look or mind) showing, engaged in, or having a tendency of curiosity or deep thought