sensitively
5
4.2
- adverb
- /ˈsɛn.sɪ.tɪv.li/
:
sensiblemente
- As one of the first novels that thrust King into the national spotlight, Green Grass comments sensitively on the anxieties that attend its own circulation.
- respond sensitively
- sensitively handled
- deal sensitively
Examples
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But I'm not confident that this was done sensitively and effectively.
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'Cause you do handle incredibly sensitively issues in this film.
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Okay, well then, maybe you can just sensitively tell me where he is - and I will just go ask him myself.
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I'll treat them just as sensitively as they deserve.
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You know, if you would learn to listen more sensitively to your patients, maybe this sort of thing wouldn't have to happen.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sexual dysfunction needs to be handled sensitively, and appropriate referral may be necessary.
Academic text (2015) -
More recently, as I have already noted, Perry Nodelman has sensitively explored the relationship between pictures and text.
Academic text (1992) -
Demands to sacrifice performance must be evaluated diligently and sensitively.
Academic text (2011) -
If she handles her child's initial thrusts toward individuation sensitively, he will gradually and contentedly form his own self-boundaries separate from hers.
Academic text (1994) -
The teacher sensitively addressed the student's concerns about their grades.
Synonyms
179
1.0
In a gentle and caring way
101
2.3
In a polite way to someone
44
3.7
Gently and carefully to avoid hurting people or breaking things
26
5.5
In a way that avoids upsetting people when you talk to them
23
1.6
In a gentle, caring way that shows love
10
3.3
In a kind, understanding way toward someone's feelings
4
4.4
In a careful, kind way when talking to avoid hurting someone's feelings
4
3.0
In a kind way that shows care for people who are suffering
1
5.3
In a way that shows you understand and care about another person's feelings
1
4.9
In a way that shows you understand and share another person's feelings
1
3.0
In a way that shows care for other people's feelings and needs
Antonyms
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sensitively comes from the root sens-, from a Latin word that means 'to feel', and it is the same root in sense and sensitive. So to act sensitively is to show care and attention to other people's feelings.