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Thoughtful enclosures I have seen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pensive

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'thoughtful' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'enclosures i have seen' is the wordplay.
'enclosures' becomes 'pens' (pen is a kind of enclosure).
'have' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'seen' becomes 've' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pens'+'i'+'ve'='PENSIVE'

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(Other definitions for pensive that I've seen before include "Thinking deeply" , "Brooding" , "Meditative" , "musing" , "Introspective, maybe moody" .)

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