sensitively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English sensitive
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English sensitively

    From sensitive + -ly.

    Adverb

    sensitively (comparative more sensitively, superlative most sensitively)

    1. In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity.
      Antonyms: insensitively, unsensitively

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