All 9 Uses of
pensive
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Ned Lambert, seated on the table, read on: —Or again, note the meanderings of some purling rill as it babbles on its way, tho' quarrelling with the stony obstacles, to the tumbling waters of Neptune's blue domain, 'mid mossy banks, fanned by gentlest zephyrs, played on by the glorious sunlight or 'neath the shadows cast o'er its pensive bosom by the overarching leafage of the giants of the forest.†
Chpt 7pensive = appearing deep in thought
- Ned Lambert, laughing, struck the newspaper on his knees, repeating: —The pensive bosom and the overarsing leafage.†
Chpt 7 *
- Time someone thought about it instead of gassing about the what was it the pensive bosom of the silver effulgence.†
Chpt 8
- Pensive (who knows?)†
Chpt 11
- She drew down pensive (why did he go so quick when I?) about her bronze, over the bar where bald stood by sister gold, inexquisite contrast, contrast inexquisite nonexquisite, slow cool dim seagreen sliding depth of shadow, eau de Nil.†
Chpt 11
- Maiden discovered with pensive bosom.†
Chpt 13
- When the angel's book comes to be opened if aught that the pensive bosom has inaugurated of soultransfigured and of soultransfiguring deserves to live I say accord the prisoner at the bar the sacred benefit of the doubt.†
Chpt 15
- Of course, he subjoined pensively, at the inward reflection of there being more languages to start with than were absolutely necessary, it may be only the southern glamour that surrounds it.†
Chpt 16pensively = with deep thought
- Mr Bloom, so far as he was personally concerned, was just pondering in pensive mood.†
Chpt 16pensive = appearing deep in thought
Definition:
appearing deep in thought -- typically looking sad or serious