💻 In an adaptive way ⚡ Quickly and positively 🩺 With a reaction

responsively

4.6

In a way that makes someone get better after treatment

adverb
/rɪˈspɑnsɪvli/

Specialized

: de manera reactiva

The patient responded responsively to the new medication.

Examples

Cells in the culture reacted responsively to the experimental drug.
The immune system can behave responsively when exposed to certain vaccines.
The patient breathed responsively after receiving the new medication.
The treatment worked responsively in most cases.
The patient breathed responsively after receiving the new medication.
Cells in the culture reacted responsively to the experimental drug.
The immune system can behave responsively when exposed to certain vaccines.

How Responsive

dramatically

330 3.9

well

83 1.0

responsively

Specialized

4.6

poorly

283 1.4

unresponsively

5.7

Surface Forms

responsively positive

Morphology

responsively = responsive (transparent) = respond + ive + ly

Adverb formed regularly from the adjective 'responsive'; the medical/biological application is a domain-specific use of the general sense.

Etymology

Responsively comes from respond, which means 'to answer'. In medicine and science, something described as responsively gives a clear 'answer' to a treatment or stimulus, so it shows a clear or positive reaction to what was given.