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1. Deeply or seriously thoughtful
   "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a pensive melancholy young man"
   - brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative
    
2. Showing pensive sadness
   "the sensitive and pensive response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
   - wistful

See also: pensively, pensiveness, sad, thoughtful

Encyclopedia: Pensive