sensitively
In gentle manner
Sensitively means in a manner showing awareness of others' feelings or delicate situations: The therapist handled the topic sensitively.
It can also mean with acute responsiveness to stimuli or changes: The instrument measures temperature sensitively.
Someone who reacts sensitively takes things to heart, perhaps too easily: She responded sensitively to the slightest criticism.
With caring concern
- understandinglyWith sympathetic awareness
- sympatheticallyWith shared feeling
- kindlyWarmly, with goodwill
- consideratelyWith care for others
gently · warmly · tenderly · caringly · responsively · supportively · attentively · perceptively
In a guarded manner
- meticulouslyWith extreme care
- preciselyIn an exact manner
- thoroughlyIn complete detail
- scrupulouslyWith extreme care
attentively · mindfully · conscientiously · diligently · vigilantly · guardedly · warily · painstakingly
With political finesse
- discreetlyIn an unobtrusive way
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
- respectfullyIn a deferential way
- courteouslyWith good manners
graciously · prudently · judiciously · circumspectly · carefully · politely · subtly · appropriately
compassionately
With caring concern
- understandinglyWith sympathetic awareness
- sympatheticallyWith shared feeling
- kindlyWarmly, with goodwill
considerately · gently · warmly · tenderly · caringly · responsively · supportively · attentively · perceptively · intuitively
cautiously
In a guarded manner
- meticulouslyWith extreme care
- preciselyIn an exact manner
- thoroughlyIn complete detail
scrupulously · attentively · mindfully · conscientiously · diligently · vigilantly · guardedly · warily · painstakingly · exactingly
diplomatically
With political finesse
- discreetlyIn an unobtrusive way
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
- respectfullyIn a deferential way
courteously · graciously · prudently · judiciously · circumspectly · carefully · politely · subtly · appropriately · deftly
allergically
With immune overreaction
- acutelyWith sharp intensity
- responsivelyIn a reacting manner
- irritablyIn an annoyed manner
vulnerably · easily · readily · quickly · intensely · sharply · keenly · painfully · rawly
sensitivelyinsensitively
Without care for feelings
callously · heartlessly · coldly · cruelly · unfeelingly
sensitivelybluntly
Speaking without diplomacy
crudely · roughly · coarsely · tactlessly · indelicately
sensitivelyimperviously
Without being affected
impassively · dully · numbly · obtusely · unresponsively
- sensitive skinEasily irritated epidermis
- sensitive teethTeeth that hurt easily
- case sensitiveUppercase and lowercase differ
- time sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- sensitive informationData requiring protection from disclosure
- sensitive areas
sensitive, sensitiveness, nonsensitive, sensitives, ultrasensitive