Antonyms for sensitively

Grammar : Adv

Spell : sen-si-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv

Definition of sensitively

Origin : late 14c., in reference to the body or its parts, "having the function of sensation;" also (early 15c.) "pertaining to the faculty of the soul that receives and analyzes sensory information;" from Old French sensitif "capable of feeling" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin sensitivus "capable of sensation," from Latin sensus, past participle of sentire "feel perceive" (see sense (n.)).
Meaning "easily affected" (with reference to mental feelings) first recorded 1816; meaning "having intense physical sensation" is from 1849. Original meaning is preserved in sensitive plant (1630s), which is "mechanically irritable in a higher degree than almost any other plant" [Century Dictionary]. Meaning "involving national security" is recorded from 1953. Related: Sensitively; sensitiveness.

As in delicately : adv carefully

Example sentences :

And all the child in Paul, responding so sensitively to his mother's feelings, agreed to this.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

Her grandfather; for whom her affection is so sensitively keen, has disappeared.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He seemed to feel the beauty of it sensitively, as she did critically.
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

She was finely and sensitively organized; considerate and gentle.
Extract from : « The Shadow of Ashlydyat » by Mrs. Henry Wood

The people of England are sensitively alive on this subject.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 410, December 1849 » by Various

Temporary embarrassment is sensitively apprehended to be permanent.
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

Seeing that May sensitively shrank from the subject, she soon desisted.
Extract from : « Down the River to the Sea » by Agnes Maule Machar

I wish that we might know the forest intimately and sensitively as a part of our background.
Extract from : « The Holy Earth » by L. H. Bailey

"It was pitiful to see the poor does," said Helen, sensitively.
Extract from : « In the Van; or, The Builders » by John Price-Brown

"You don't think I'd let you do anything like that for me, I hope," he said, sensitively.
Extract from : « The Hills of Refuge » by Will N. Harben

Synonyms for sensitively

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