Example Sentences

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It is no longer crazy to believe the courts, including the highest one, will hear them out receptively.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2021

Mr. Trump, people briefed on the meeting said, digested the advice and responded receptively.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2016

The teenager had nodded receptively, but then persisted in taking way too long to hit a shot.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 30, 2013

She seemed to perk up receptively, so I asked where we could find the Madonna they’d paid a king’s ransom for, the one with the burnt frame.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2012

I waited, receptively, for further information, but none came.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger