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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pensiveness

Pensiveness \Pen"sive*ness\, n. The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.
--Hooker.

Wiktionary
pensiveness

n. A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic.

WordNet
pensiveness
  1. n. persistent morbid meditation on a problem [syn: brooding]

  2. deep serious thoughtfulness [syn: meditativeness, contemplativeness]

Usage examples of "pensiveness".

She responded with a little laugh which was not unlike his, but there was something more: that old sweet sprightliness of her youth, shot through with a haunting modulation,--almost pensiveness, but her face was self-possessed.