adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thoughtful expression (= one that shows you are thinking about something )
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She listened to him with a thoughtful expression on her face.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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It seems to me often that her husband is kinder and more thoughtful .
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Some things encourage a more thoughtful , inventive kind of play than others.
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Since she had seen him in Marlott, his face had grown more thoughtful .
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Rather, more data and more thoughtful analysis are required.
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Morton had become immediately more thoughtful , and had ordered him to keep the matter firmly underneath his hat.
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Both the new managers and their organizations could have been more thoughtful and proactive in managing their first-year learning.
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A minority of students took a more thoughtful view of modern physics however.
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As he blew smoke rings, his eyes grew more thoughtful , worried, filmed over with sadness.
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But, again like most thoughtful women, she rarely admitted this aloud.
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The contradiction is a real one and deserves the most thoughtful consideration.
very
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I arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in a very thoughtful frame of mind.
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She seemed very thoughtful , and as I was leaving, she placed a ring on my finger.
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The gesture seemed like an obligatory Academy Award speech, very thoughtful and very boring.
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I paid my bill in very thoughtful fashion, and with a trembling hand.
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I think that Perry was a very thoughtful , patient individual.
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He went very thoughtful for a while.
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As a governor, you need to be very thoughtful about what you request because you may get it.
■ NOUN
look
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He had seen a thoughtful look in her eyes.
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Then a thoughtful look came into his eye, and without a word he ducked below.
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Gareth Davis stood watching them, a thoughtful look on his face.
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With a thoughtful look Goebbels walked back to his desk.
man
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Lavender, an intelligent, thoughtful man nearing 40, might have been a guerrilla chief in another war.
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I believed the senator was a thoughtful man whose wealth had elevated him above the need to make compromises with his convictions.
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When David wasn't drinking he was a gentle, sad, thoughtful man .
silence
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But he accepted the proffered wine and took a long draught, letting a thoughtful silence fall.
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She turned and greeted her friend, then continued sitting in thoughtful silence .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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thoughtful analysis
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a thoughtful expression
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My mother sat and watched me eating my food with a thoughtful expression on her face -- I could tell she had something to say.
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Paula's such a thoughtful girl.
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Suddenly he became more thoughtful , and his eyes filmed over with sadness.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From the sunlit atrium with its glass elevator to the tasteful rooms and thoughtful service, this hotel shines with refined comfort.
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He stood silent and thoughtful , by himself.
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It is still a thoughtful , finely acted and daringly all-encompassing film, suggesting that no-one has a fixed nature.
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Let us be kind and thoughtful and not to be unkind and hurt other people.
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She seemed a thoughtful person, some one of like nature to Mary Smith, but with much more up top.
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Some things encourage a more thoughtful , inventive kind of play than others.
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They encourage corporate and individual responsibility by rewarding thoughtful management of food supply and demand.
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Woody Allen is a sober, thoughtful , intelligent guy.