vulnerably
- adverb
- /ˈvʌlnərəbli/
- A blue vein stood out vulnerably on her pale neck.
- so vulnerably
But the, the thing that blew me away was your willingness to speak so vulnerably and powerfully as a human and as a man.
- But the, the thing that blew me away was your willingness to speak so vulnerably and powerfully as a human and as a man.
- And this dynamic is very pronounced in relationships that people have with vulnerably narcissistic people.
- In fact, many people don't even clock it as narcissism because people who are more vulnerably narcissistic also look more socially anxious.
Examples
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They're in a hurry, of course, locked together so vulnerably.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Writing vulnerably takes as much skill, nuance, and willingness to follow through on all the ramifications of a complicated idea as does writing invulnerably and distantly."
Blog text (2) -
When you write vulnerably, others respond vulnerably.
Blog text (2) -
So being able to share vulnerably whether I'm happy, sad, angry, etcetera.
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But the, the thing that blew me away was your willingness to speak so vulnerably and powerfully as a human and as a man.
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He stares vulnerably at her.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was trying to lift her eyes to his by looking at her face directly—openly, vulnerably, he felt.
Fiction book (1990) -
She spoke vulnerably, sharing her deepest fears and insecurities with the audience.
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By writing vulnerably, he allowed his readers to see his true self and connect on a deeper level.
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They allowed themselves to love vulnerably, opening their hearts to the possibility of hurt.
Antonyms
How Vulnerable
Surface Forms
Morphology
vulnerably = vulnerable (transparent) = vulnerable + ly
Regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'vulnerable' using '-ly'; the meaning is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
Vulnerably comes from the Latin root vulner- meaning 'wound', and you can see the same idea in the word vulnerable. So, to act vulnerably is to show you could be hurt or that you need protection.