sensitive
adjective
sensitively
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a word derived from
sensitive.
Example Sentences
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"The quantum Fisher information quantifies how sensitively a quantum system responds to a change," explains Bühler-Paschen.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ms. Pennypacker writes sensitively about the Lebensborn program for her middle-grade audience without minimizing any of its devastating implications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Commenting on the row to the Welt TV channel, German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer defended Wenders and Tuttle from criticism, saying they were running the festival "in a very balanced way, very sensitively".
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
The film sensitively and disarmingly refuses to other the subculture at its core — a clever way of making the particular feel universal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
It was Mrs. Dalton, her white eyes held wide and stony, her hands lifted sensitively upward toward her lips, the fingers long and white and wide apart.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
