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

Derived terms

• insensitively, unsensitively

Translations

in a sensitive manner

• Catalan: sensiblement (ca)
• Finnish: herkästi (fi)
• French: sensiblement (fr)
• Portuguese: sensivelmente
• Spanish: sensiblemente (es)