Synonyms for sensitively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : sen-si-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for sensitively
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for sensitively
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