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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