Re·flect·ive a.
 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
    In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms.   --Prior.
 2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.
    His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.   --Motley.
 3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.
 4. Gram. Reflexive; reciprocal.
 -- Re*flect*ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect*ive*ness, n. “Reflectiveness of manner.”

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 reflectively
      adv : in a reflective manner; "he watched her reflectively"