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Adjective: pondering  pón-du-ring
  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 pondering melancholy young man";
    - brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative
Verb: ponder  pón-du(r)
  1. Think deeply about a subject or question over a period of time
    "The scientist must stop to observe and start to ponder";
    - chew over, think over, meditate, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

See also: thoughtful

Type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think

Encyclopedia: Pondering

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