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sensitiveness

[ sen-si-tiv-nis ]

/ ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv nɪs /

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noun

the state or quality of being sensitive.

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Origin of sensitiveness

First recorded in 1820–30; sensitive + -ness

SYNONYMS FOR sensitiveness

See sensibility.

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Words nearby sensitiveness

sensible perspiration, sensillum, sensitive, sensitive fern, sensitive plant, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitivity group, sensitivity training, sensitization, sensitize

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Example sentences from the Web for sensitiveness

But the real cause was his sensitiveness to rudeness, his own temper being singularly sweet.
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)|Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi
With all his sensitiveness to rebuke and his fair-seeming, was he not a man given to self-depreciation?
Dust|Julian Hawthorne
"Raven tresses" require more time than "flaxen locks;" the sensitiveness of the skin has also to be considered.
The Art of Perfumery|G. W. Septimus Piesse
These instruments are something like the mariner's compass, with the sensitiveness enormously increased by galvanic currents.
A Journey in Other Worlds|John Jacob Astor

Thus situated, and putting aside questions of national pride or sensitiveness, what did military wisdom prescribe to England?
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783|A. T. Mahan

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